G'lang
there!" and he drove on with his bony horse and ricketty wagon.
"You see, he thought the same thing that I did," laughed Russ.
The young moving picture operator was able to draw around to the
front of the farmhouse those of the theatrical company who were near
the rear, and he managed to keep them there until Paul and Alice had
a chance to slip in the side door, and get to their rooms unnoticed.
Ruth, however, saw Alice, just as she entered the apartment they
shared.
"Oh, my dear girl--you're all wet!" Ruth exclaimed.
"You generally get that way when you fall into the water," remarked
Alice, calmly. Then she told of the accident.
"Oh, what a narrow escape!" breathed Ruth, sinking into a chair. "You
quite frighten me!"
"You need not be frightened--now--it's all over," and Alice was quite
cool about it.
Nothing worse than a slight headache followed her experience in the
brook, but as much fuss was made over her, and as many kind inquiries
made, after the story became known, as though she had been seriously
injured.
Mr. Pertell, after duly saying how sorry he was at the occurrence,
expressed his satisfaction over the fact that Russ had made a film of
the happening, and at once set to work to devise a plot and play in
which it would fit.
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