. Pertell sent me to get you. It won't take long, but
they're in a hurry for it. Come on! Paul is waiting outside in the
machine and I've got the camera. Hustle!"

CHAPTER II

OFF FOR OAK FARM

"What's that, Russ? A retake?" asked Alice.

"Yes, of that auto scene in the park."

"Is that the one I'm in?" Ruth inquired.

"Yes. You're both in it, and so is Paul. It's the scene where Mr. Bunn
is struck by the auto mud-guard--not hurt, you know, and you, Ruth, jump
out to give first aid."

"What's the matter with the scene?" asked Alice. "I certainly struck him
all right with the mud-guard."

"Yes, that part was all right," Russ admitted. Alice had been running
the automobile in the scene.

"And didn't I do my first aid business well?" Ruth demanded.

"Yes," Russ acknowledged. "Your part came out perfect. But just at the
critical moment--you know, where Mr. Bunn was supposed to think he was
dying and wanted to right the wrong he had done in cutting his daughter
off in his will with only a dollar--some boys got in the way of the
camera. They were outsiders, butting in, the way they always do when we
film stuff in the park. It wouldn't have been so bad, only one of the
youngsters began to pull off some funny stuff right in range of Mr.
Bunn's agonized face. I didn't see him at the time, or I'd have stopped
the running of the film. It was only when we got it in the projection
room that we discovered it.

"So Mr. Pertell ordered a retake of that one scene, and it's got to be
done in a hurry. It won't take long. Mr. Bunn will meet us in the park.
Be sure and wear the same things you had on that day. It won't do to
have you get out of the auto in one dress, Ruth, and, a second later,
kneel down beside Mr. Bunn in a gown entirely different."

"All right, Russ, I'll be careful."

"Oh, dear! But my packing!" sighed Alice. "I'll never get it done, and
we must start for Oak Farm----"

"Mr. Pertell will have to make allowances," said Russ, quickly. "Come
on--move the boat! You won't be needed in the real war scenes for a
couple of days, anyhow, though I suppose there'll be rehearsals. But it
can't be helped. This retake is holding up the whole film, and it's to
be released next week."

Delaying only long enough to put on the proper dresses and to tell their
father where they were going, Ruth and Alice DeVere were soon on their
way to Central Park, where the scene was to be filmed, or photographed
over again--