Sneed it was different. He did not so much care what
character he played, but he was always "looking for trouble." Even in
the simple character of a country farmer he was apprehensive.
"I don't know how to use a hoe," he protested. "I'm sure to do the
wrong thing with it. I know something will happen!"
"How can something happen?" asked Mr. Pertell. "All you have to do is
to stand in a row of corn, and dig up the dirt with the hoe. You're
only in the scene about two minutes. Surely you can hill corn!"
"I never did it."
"I'll show you," offered Sandy, good-naturedly.
"Say!" cried Russ, "why not put Sandy in the picture, too?"
"Good idea!" exclaimed Mr. Pertell. "Sandy, get a hoe!"
"What! Me in movin' pictures? Why, I never acted in my life."
"So much the better. You'll be all the more natural!" said the
manager. "Get in the focus, Sandy!"
And the young farmer did. The scene seemed to be going very well, and
Paul and Alice in the role of country sweethearts made an effective
picture in the green cornfield.
In the background Mr. Bunn, Mr. Sneed and Sandy were industriously
hoeing corn. Suddenly the "grouchy" actor dropped his hoe, and
pulling up one foot so that he could hold it in his hands, he cried
out:
"There! I knew something would happen! I cut my foot with that old
hoe!"
"Cut that out, Russ!" called the manager, sharply.
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