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practicalmagicia00harr.pdf | 96 | 86 THE PRACTICAL MAGICIAN. VOICE : Hallo ! who's that? STUDENT ; It's I ! Are you nearly finished? VOICE : Only three more slates to put on, master. STUDENT ; I want you here, Jem. VOICE ; I am coming directly. STUDENT : Which way, Jem? VOICE : Over the roof and down the trap. (Voice is supposed to be moving as the student turns and points with his finger.) STUDENT Which way? VOICE (nearcr) Through the trap and down the stairs. STUDENT : How long shall you be? VOICE : Only a few minutes. I am coming as fast as I can. The voice now approaches the door, and is taken up by the same tone, but produced as in the first voice. As another illus- tration, we will introduce the reader to THE INVISIBLE SWEEP.-This is a striking example of the second voice. Let the student pretend to look up the chimney, and rehearse the following or some similar colloquy :- STUDENT : Are you up there? VOICE : Yes. Chimley want sweep? STUDENT : Really, it is extraordinary. What are you doing? VOICE : Looking for birds'-nests. STUDENT : Birds'-nests ! There are none there. VOICE : Dick says there be. STUDENT : Come down ! VOICE : I shan't. STUDENT : (stirring the fire) ; I'll make you show yourself. VOICE : I say, don't ; it's so hot. STUDENT ; Come down, then. VOICE ; Don't be so stupid. Let I alone. STUDENT ; Will you come down? VOICE : Yes, I will. STUDENT : What's your name? VOICE (much nearer) : Sam Lillyvite. I sdy, what do you want mc for among company? STUDENT : To show yourself. VOICE (nearer) : What for? STUDENT : To let these ladies and gentlemen see that there are many strange things between heaven and carth, but not Sam Lillyvite, the sweep. Another good illustration is to hold a conservation with a friend wholives on the first floor, and with whom you can con- verse on any subject-as the retired and mystcrious student-but the moment the student can master the elementary sounds, he will not need our assistance in providing him with dialogues, which, however simple they may be to rend, have an extraordinary effect when properly spoken." |