One of the things he had to provide was a
rickety two-wheeled cart, that was to be hitched to a donkey, one of
the farm animals.
"Who's going to ride in that cart?" asked Mr. Bunn, as he strode
about the place with the new silk hat which, true to promise, Mr.
Pertell had purchased to replace the water-soaked one.
"I think I'll cast Ruth DeVere to ride in the cart," said the
manager. "Someone will have to ride the mule, though, and as I want a
tall man for that act I think I'll take you, Mr. Bunn. You will black
up as a colored man, and----"
"Stop! Stop where you are!" cried the Shakespearean actor, in
stentorian tones. "I shall do nothing of the sort. You may consider
that I have resigned!"
CHAPTER XIV
AN UPSET
Perhaps Wellington Bunn was disappointed that Mr. Pertell did not at
once beg him to reconsider his resignation, and to stay his parting
steps, for the actor had turned aside after issuing his defiance, and
started toward the house, as though to carry out his threat, pack up
and go back to New York.
But the manager did not call after Mr. Bunn to stay. All he said was:
"Very well, Mr. Bunn, if you resign now, without the two weeks'
notice called for in your contract, you need not expect another
engagement with me, nor with any of the moving picture associations
with which I am connected.
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