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They stepped along lightly together, laughing and talking, for Russ was almost like a brother to the DeVere girls, though the two families had only known each other since both had come to the Fenmore Apartment, about a year before. "Did they film any big plays to-day?" asked Alice. "I know Mr. Pertell said he wouldn't need Ruth and myself, so of course they didn't do anything really good.
"You're not hurt; are you, girls?" cried Mr. DeVere as he came up to them, having had no part in the drama, but having heard in the ranch house of the real stampede. "Not a bit, Daddy!" answered Alice. "I don't believe the steers would have trampled us anyhow." "Well," remarked Baldy, slowly. "I don't want to scare you; but for a minute there I thought it was all up with you I did for a fact."
"At the same time I stand ready to lower boats for those who may wish it. The sea is comparatively calm, and you will have to use boats anyhow, if you are taken off by the Bell." "Must that be done?" asked Alice, in a low voice. "If we cannot subdue the fire, I am afraid so, Miss DeVere," answered the captain. "But there is no danger in that. It is often done."
Pertell and have him settle it by demanding that the loser of the ring either make a direct accusation or else keep quiet about her loss. Mr. DeVere, who was appealed to by his daughters, voted against this, however. "It is best not to pay any attention to those young ladies," he advised.
"I'll speak to my father. He knows some prominent lawyers in New York, and they will induce the government to take up your case. Go quietly, Jack, and we'll do all we can for you." "Oh, I shan't raise a row, Miss, never fear. No good'd come of that, and it would only make trouble. I'll go quietly enough." "Ha! What is going on?" asked Mr. DeVere, who had been down below. "Has anything happened?"
Had he seen it all he might have guessed at the rest of our plans and our rivals, the International people, would have been able to get ahead of us. They are always on the alert to take the ideas of other concerns. But I think I'll beat them this time." "So we are to go West; eh?" queried Mr. DeVere.
DeVere, nor any of the company, received any money for those two weeks of hard work. Those actors or actresses who had nothing put by lived as best they could on the charity of others. It was indeed "a matter of friendship" that some of them lived at all. And for a week after the play opened they could expect nothing. Then if the play should be a failure But no one liked to think of that.
Hosmer DeVere, who was a middle-aged, rather corpulent and exceedingly kind and cultured gentleman, was the father of the two girls. Their mother had been dead about seven years, a cold caught in playing on a draughty stage developing into pneumonia, from which she never rallied.
"Have some poor man get rich suddenly by striking oil on his land," suggested Russ, "and then show what he does with his money. You can easily get the later scenes." "Good idea I will," exclaimed the manager. "We'll use this as the first, or opening, scene in let me see, we'll call it 'The Rise and Fall of the Kerosene King. How's that?" "Good!" cried Mr. DeVere. "All right.
Give me that lawyer's address, and then don't do anything until you hear from me." It was two days later that Russ said to the actor: "Can you make it convenient to be at our film studio this evening?" "I think so why?" asked Mr. DeVere. "You'll see when you get there." "May we come?" asked Ruth. "Surely," Russ answered. "I think you'll enjoy it, too!"
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