This company is doomed--I can see that."
"Well, then, please keep it to yourself," requested Mr. Pertell,
sharply. "You are getting on the nerves of the ladies, Sneed!"
For Miss Pearl Pennington, and her friend Miss Laura Dixon--the two
rather flashily-pretty girls mentioned before--were crying
hysterically.
"It doesn't seem to be a very bad smash," went on Mr. Pertell.
"Suppose we go out and see what caused it? I hope none of our baggage
has been damaged."
"Oh, let's go out and see Russ taking moving pictures of the wreck!"
proposed Alice, as she brushed off her blue suit.
"Are you sure you're all right?" asked Ruth, anxiously.
"Oh, certainly! Not hurt at all. Just jolted up a bit. Come on. You
too, Daddy!"
Indeed the whole theatrical company, as well as the other passengers,
made for the doors of the car. And while they are going out to see
the extent of the damage I will take just a moment to make my new
readers somewhat better acquainted with the characters of this story.
To begin with the moving picture girls themselves, they were Ruth and
Alice DeVere, aged seventeen and fifteen respectively, the daughters
of Hosmer DeVere, formerly a well known actor. As told in the first
volume, "The Moving Picture Girls; Or, First Appearances in Photo
Dramas," Mr.
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