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The farm was located in New Jersey, about forty miles from New York, and it provided a picturesque background for the scenes evolved by Mr. Pertell and his company. It was during a scene on the farm, some time before, that a valuable discovery had been made, which endeared the moving picture girls and their chums to the Apgars. "How did Mr.
"I like to keep the film running. This sitting about all day and reeling off only ten feet makes me tired." "You like action!" laughed Ruth. "Yes; and plenty of it." Oak Farm was the property of the Apgars. There was Mr. Belix Apgar, the father, Nance, his wife, and Sandy, an energetic son.
"Yes, Mr. Pertell said he went out there, met Sandy Apgar and arranged to use the place. We're to board there, too. I guess it will be a help to the Apgars. Mr. Pertell said they needed money. And, Ruth, he said there was some sort of a mystery out there, too." "A mystery? What sort?" "I don't know. We'll have to wait until we get there. Come on, let's hurry home and tell daddy."
"Only there isn't any mystery in prospect," spoke Paul. "I wonder how the Apgars are getting on, now that their farm is safe?" "They're probably sitting about a warm fire, talking about it," Russ said. "There may be just as much of a mystery in the backwoods as there was at Oak Farm, if we can only come across it," suggested Alice. "I wish we could discover something queer."
"She did seem very nice," murmured Ruth. "Pooh! A vulgar cowgirl!" sneered Miss Dixon. "There is a nice room near mine," went on Alice. "She could have that, I should think. The Apgars don't use it, and it is certainly annoying to be pestered by a young man!" and she looked with uptilted nose at Paul, who said emphatically: "Well, I like that!" "If I could bring her here " began Mr. Pertell.
In that book was told how the acquaintance was made of Sandy Apgar, who ran a farm in New Jersey. As Mr. Pertell was looking for some country scenes to use in connection with his moving picture dramas, he took his entire company out to Oak Farm, hiring it from the Apgars.
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