"
"The old farm is safe, Sandy," the Squire answered, "and I'm glad of
it, for your sake. You may have thought me hard and grasping, but I
had to do the business for my clients. Now we'll have to decide what
to do with this man. I reckon we can let him go, seeing that he
didn't really do anything except take the auto, and I guess the
doctor won't press that charge."
This proved to be the case, and that day Monk Freck was released.
Mrs. Delamont was to over-joyed to get her dog back that she gave
Freck a substantial reward, for the former asylum keeper had been
kind to Rex III, and insisted that he had found him after the dog had
gotten away from the real thief.
CHAPTER XXV
THE FIRE FILM
"All ready now, Russ!"
"All ready, Mr. Pertell."
"Then start off. Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off
the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word. Then
come out for the bucket brigade."
"Yes, sir."
It was the day after the finding of the money box, for there had been
so much excitement attending that episode, that Mr. Pertell thought
it wise to postpone the fire scene. But now all was in readiness for
it.
"All ready now!" called the manager, and the play began. There were
several preliminary scenes before the final one of the burning barn,
and these were successfully run off, Russ filming them one after the
other.
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