"I never knew Hee-haw to act so before," said Sandy, as he came up
and took charge of the mule.
"Well, he'll never get the chance to act so with me again," declared
Mr. Bunn, with great decision. "Now, as soon as I get this detestable
black from my face, I am going to New York. I am through with moving
pictures."
Mr. Pertell did not attempt to argue with the actor, well knowing
that the threat would not be carried out. Nor was it. A little later,
when clothed in his accustomed garb, with his tall hat, which he
seldom omitted from his costume, Mr. Bunn walked out, studying a new
part that he was to take in the next play.
But for several days after that, if anyone said "mule" to him, or
even imitated the braying of that beast, Mr. Bunn scowled fiercely
and strode off.
In one of the scenes Mr. Pertell needed a number of farm hands to
pose in the background, representing a scene in a wheat field, that
was being mowed with the old fashioned scythes. Sandy undertook to
get the characters, and a number of rather shy and awkward young men
presented themselves at Oak Farm one morning.
"Now we'll try this," said the manager, when all was in readiness.
"You young farmers are supposed to be working in the wheat field.
Just act naturally--as if you were working.
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