Toward the close of that story you may learn how Mr. Pertell became
acquainted with a young farmer named Sandy Apgar, who was working a
large farm for his aged father, near Beatonville, in New Jersey. It
happened that Mr. Pertell was contemplating the filming of a number
of rural plays, and he made arrangements with Mr. Apgar to use the
farm as a background for the scenes. The company would also live and
board at the farmhouse, which was a large, old-fashioned home.
The players were on their way there when the accident occurred.
To go a little more into detail about the two girls, and the others,
I might say that Ruth was tall, with deep blue eyes and light hair.
She was rather inclined to be romantic, too, as might be suspected.
Alice was just the opposite--plump, jolly, always laughing or joking,
and with a wealth of brown hair, and eyes like hazel nuts. She was
very like her dead mother, while Ruth was more like her father in
character.
Mr. Pertell was the manager and owner of the Comet Film Company, and
I have already mentioned the principal players. Ruth and Alice were
the newest members. Miss Pennington and Miss Dixon were from the
vaudeville stage, and you could see this without being told. They
were a bit jealous of the DeVere girls.
Mrs.
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