But he was not
there, nor was there any evidence that he had returned to the place.
Nor had he been seen about the farm since. He and his dog, if it was
his, seemed to have disappeared.
The summer was now passing, and the character of work on the farm
changed with the advancing season. Threshing time came, and several
good films were obtained of the men at work at the big machine which
went from farm to farm to thresh the grain.
Mr. Pertell built a little play about the work, the principal scene
in one being where the threshers were at work, and afterward they
were shown at dinner in the open air. And such appetites as those men
had! A number of Mrs. Apgar's neighbors came over to help her cook,
as is usually the case when the threshers come, so altogether some
good films were obtained of this phase of rural life.
Getting in the hay was another occasion for making some interesting
pictures, and Alice, as she had longed to do, was allowed to ride in
on one of the big loads. Afterward, when it was put into the barns
she jumped into the soft and fragrant pile of the mow, and was filmed
that way, the scene to be used in one of the many rural dramas.
In fact, all sorts of scenes about the farm were caught on the
films, to be used later as plays should develop.
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