As Alice had guessed, he had to have other water
scenes, and some in which a boat figured, and Paul and Alice were
called on again to go through some "stunts," on the mill stream. Thus
a pretty little play was made out of what had been an accident. And,
more often than once is that really done in the moving picture
world.
Rather quiet days followed at Oak Farm. A number of rural plays were
acted and filmed, and word came back from New York, where the first
films had been sent for development and printing, that the reels were
most successful. The one where Mr. Bunn was wet with the hose was
particularly good, so said Mr. Pertell's agent.
"But I'll never go through such a thing again," declared the
Shakespearean actor.
The affairs of the Apgar family did not improve with time. Squire
Blasdell paid several visits to the farm, and one day, seeing Sandy
looking particularly gloomy, Ruth asked him what the trouble was.
"The squire is gettin' ready to sell off the farm," he replied. "He's
goin' t' foreclose that mortgage. I've tried all the ways I know to
raise that four thousand dollars; but I can't!"
"I wish we could help," said Ruth, sympathetically, as she thought of
the days of their own poverty, when everything seemed so black.
"I don't reckon anyone can help us," said Sandy.
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