Modern Literature for Oral Interpretation; Practice Book for Vocal Expression

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920. Excerpt: ... of anything. But when we mentioned news, he looked positively startled. 'News!' said he. 'Oh, I say now, you must n 't expect too much. I ought to warn you that running a paper in this town is like trying to raise cream on a cistern.' Mis' Toplady smiled at him motherly. 'You ain't ever tried pouring the cream into the cistern, I guess, ' she says. So we settled it into a bargain. Of course the Sodality hadn't voted on it yet, but there wasn't much doubt what they 'd vote with $60.00 in sight, which we 'd make if everybody bought a paper. The members of the Sodality scraps among themselves personal, but when we pitch in to work for something, we sew rags an' scallop oysters in the same pan with our enemies. I tell you, it makes me feel sometimes that the way ain't too much to try to love each other--which other folks' peculiarities is awful in the way of--but for us all to pitch in an' love somethin' all together--your town, or your young folks, or your cemetery, or keepin' somethin' clean, or makin' somethin' look nice--an' before you know it you 're lovin' the folks you work with, no matter how peculiar. Don't it seem as if that must mean somethin'? Somethin' big? Sodality voted to publish the paper, all right, and elected the officers for the day: Editor, Mis' Postmaster Sykes--'count of her always expectin' to take the lead in everything; Assistant Editor, me, 'count of bein' well an' able to work like a dog; Business Manager an' circulation man, Mis' Holcomb-that-was Mame Bliss, 'count of no dime ever gettin' away from her unexpected. An' the reporters was to be most of the rest of the Sodality. I guess we was all glad that we was to go down early in the mornin' that day, 'count o' not meetin' the men. One an' all an' with one voice the Friendship...