"She had seen something in the woods that frightened her. Without
speaking, she went to the door, closed and fastened it, then turned and
looked out of the window. She never told mo what she saw.
"Father came home early that day; he looked anxious, and I knew that
something troubled him. Without waiting to eat his supper, he went out,
and very soon most of the men of the colony had gathered round him at
the spring."
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Directions for Reading.--With what tone of voice should this lesson be
read?
What other lessons before this, have been read with the same tone of
voice?
Name two _emphatic words_ in the following _exclamation_:
"O, this was a beautiful country!"
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Language Lesson.--Change the _exclamation_ given above to a
_statement_. What word would be omitted? How would the punctuation be
changed?
Syllabify, accent, and mark sounds of letters in the following words:
_Delaware, thinner, Susquehanna, grinding_.
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LESSON XIV.
con fu'sion, _disorder_.
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