Show speech hy AMY CAMPBELL 0 by mcclure newspaper syndicate SyndI cM service HERE was such a look of anxiety ton THERE on her husbands coun countenance t cenance as he stepped in to dinn dinner r that bella morris thought the worst well im in for it at last he announced noun ced tie ilie got to make a speech sit at the club din dinner nor I 1 oh said bella in such relief bill looked at her with severe envy dill bill wa was 1 like e m many ar ay iy rn aaen it in that he lon led ter ahalt secretly ecret ly longed g t to 0 b be a able e t to make e a public speech it if he ever had to but he lind had openly sworn that he would never have to bella was an optimist about everything and she believed as few wives can that there much bill do and do well she said you can do it better than anyone else there come on and have your dinner bill followed his little wife feebly but by the end of the meal there was a definite change for the better in him his color was back the speech was the topic of the family group of four isabella their eight eighteen een year old informed bill it was ridiculous of him to feel as he be did nobody expected oratory in a club speech DWI junior was quiet with some male understanding ill get a took book on public speaking from the lib for you dad he be said in a way that did wonders to bills self esteem until his daughter added one with gestures and as it if this were not enough illustrated you know after that the days of 0 the morris family were practically devoted to arranging and promoting the details and rendition of bills speech it was his own idea that lie he try reciting some thyme rhyme downstairs while bella sat upstairs listening to see if his voice carried it would be a gathering of hundreds of men from the various districts and bill felt since he be was going into it he would like to be heard bill juniors book from the library had many valuable hints but as bill senior read them he be felt they were written for the really clever speakers who were already well established in the public eye the book struck panic in him he wanted to leave town or be taken suddenly III the night of the club dinner the night of the dinner bella glowed as she saw bill drive off with a smile she knew he be had bad manufactured just for her your tour dad she told her stoical children will be the lilt hit of the evening something tells me her children answered sure in a tone that lacked conviction As his hour approached bill with more frequency mopped his perspiring hands he seemed to to be living through centuries men with no terminal facilities whatever went on and on la in enviable abandonment and the crowd of smoke dazed men was practically li lu sensible when it neared bills turn even bill felt he was gradually becoming entirely numb he was suddenly electrified to hear bear his bis own name called and in the din of feeble but polite applause he be rose and lifted his eyes after that he be practically knew no more he had thought he was familiar with the good old phrases lord knows he had recited them often enough but now he could remember nothing he was conscious only of a swirling sea of faces he looked about him a few times ile he tried to swallow and found it impossible ile he recalled suddenly he was to introduce himself and make a brief speech of vel welcome come it must be done ile he bad to do it so he put his head bead back and looked at the ceiling tor for inspiration every word he had prepared escaped capture an utter helplessness seized him he took one long wise look at the volcano of faces and said loudy loudly so bell could easily have heard had she been upstairs gentlemen BILL MORRIS very pl pleased eased to meet yon and then in trepidation over the sound of his own voice he be turned in a terrible deliberation and sat down there was a brief silence and then the crowd seemed to go mad they cheered and applauded and those near him nodded to bill waggishly and pounded his shoulders some one was heard to say neatest thing we ever heard bill it takes you to think them up and somewhere nearby lie he heard a remark that this was what made bill such a big success in every way he wasted no ones time he always said the right thing good old bill when bill could get to a telephone he be called bella dont wait up bella ive got it over and I 1 dont care when I 1 get home now just wanted you to know they seemed to like it like it she alle like then she sighed bill could hear her and it always meant something surprising they lust just went mad about it would be better bill youre that clever and you wont ever believe it of yourself I 1 after this rely on your own u unusual phrases when you have to make a speech wont you 2 sure will bill agreed absently J A belated wonder struck him how did you know about it so soon why why you tunny funny thing bella stuttered you know the dinner speeches were being broadcast they tell you you broadcast beautifully bill beautifully it was then bill realized how bow hard he had taken it the mike and the mention of being on the air entirely lost on him what a lot of unsuspected sensations there liec wre re left in the world I 1 he le had been on the air for the first mile imp bella was a great giral A great girl I 1 |