iss Dixon were in this, as were Ruth and Alice.
There was to be a picnic scene, with a campfire at which a meal was
to be cooked, and real food had been prepared for the act.

"All ready!" called the manager, when he had looked over the little
company, and seen that they were all in their proper positions. "Go
ahead, Russ!"

For a time all went well, and then came a scream from Miss Dixon, who
jumped up with such suddenness that she upset a pitcher of lemonade
over Mr. Switzer.

"Cut that out, Russ!" called the manager, sharply. "We seem to be
having all sorts of accidents of late."

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" apologized the actress. "But I--I saw a bug!"

"You usually do in der voods, my dear young lady!" said Mr. Switzer,
as he sopped up the lemonade from his trousers with his handkerchief.
"Und, if it iss all der same mit you, I vould like to have my oder
lemonade on der insides of me und not on der outsides, ef you pliss!"

It took some little time to get matters straightened out, so that the
making of the film could proceed. Several scenes were successfully
made, and they were ready for the final one, when this time Miss
Pennington screamed.

"Another bug?" asked Mr. Pertell, and he was a bit sarcastic over it,
for several little things had bothered him that day.

"No, it's a snake! A snake! See, he's coming right for me!" and
deserting the scene Miss Pennington made for a broad stump, upon
which she jumped, screaming.

"Snake! Call that a snake!" cried Russ, as he picked up a rather
large and squirming angleworm.

"Oh, put it down--the horrid thing!" begged Miss Dixon, who had
joined her friend on the stump.

"Poor little thing!" laughed Russ, as he tossed the worm into a clump
of leaves. "Go home and tell your folks you scared two brave young
ladies!"

"Smarty!" exclaimed Miss Pennington, with a vindictive look at the
moving picture operator, who had left his camera when the scene was
broken up.

Once again matters were arranged and the taking of the film went on
as before. But that was a day destined to be fraught with adventures
of more or less moment.

In one scene Mr. Sneed had to pose as a wood chopper, and, to make it
more realistic he was to fell a small tree. This action on his part
had cost him no little time and trouble, for he was not proficient in
the use of the axe. For several days the actor had had Sandy
"coaching" him until he could do fairly well.

"We'll try that tree-cutting scene