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••Oh. Mr. Fielding. I'm so glad you
bare comer*
“And why, may I aak. are you glad
that 1 bare come?" The gentleman’s
eyea lighted with pride and pleasure.
“Because I have use for you. You’re
Just the person In all tbe world 1 bare ,
wished for this morning.” |
Y Mr. Fielding's countenance fell. But
Mlaa Merlweutber was so eager, so vi
vacious. so evidently absorbed In a
dominant idea, that at heart he was
not troubled. Nevertheless he said
half reproachfully: ._ " r '* ■
“I urn .disappointed. I hofied your
pleasure gt my e coming was disinter
ested." !
“Don’t be silly. I have received an
Important proiiosltlou."
“Bbow me the man that I may Iclll
him.”
“You mean thattk him I anticipate '
no end of pleasure from the opportuni
ty be has given me.”
“And 1 no end of pain.”
"There you go again. Now listen to
me. It has been |no|H>sed to us—any
of ua here at Wildwood—to make a
scenario for a pleturf play, be tbe per
formers if tve like, our house and
grounds to be used for the scenes
Now you know why I am So glad you
have come. !t is be<ay#£you nee a
Htentry than and cun make the scena
rio.”
“You mean an apology for a scenario.
Well. I’ll do the beat I can for you—
that is, I’M help you to construct the
scenario. With such a palatial house
and grounds, we thuAt make It a high
grade society play. 1 must took up a
thsme"
-‘-1-can't wait toe yea to toot* up g—
theme. 1 wish to begin right off."
•Suppose we take for our motif a
mnavyay Match?" —*—-
'The very tblug!"
• “tt's not new. but picture plays are
more dependent upon the scenery, the
attractlvenewa of tbe actors and ac
tresses and ail that than the novelty
of the theme. \\Uh this residence,
grounds and. above all. your owu sweet
self for the heroine, any tort of play
must be a success.”
•Must think—to be a heroine!" And
she clapped her bauds gleefully.
“To begin." rout tuned Mr. Fielding,
“yon. being tbe leading lady"—
“You mean the berulne."
“You being the heroine, we'll cell you
Ropbla Watermen.”
“My favorite name for a heroine Is
Const*Doe Maltravers.”
“Very well, you are Oon-tancp Mal
travers. In lor* with-whom shall we
have you In love with?”
“Do you moan really In love with or
only for the play?" (
“For the play, of course.”
“You know so much more shout
stage mutters than any or the rest of
as that 1 thl ik you bad better take the*
part youraelf.“
This was said haltingly and wlUi
eyes bent on the flout
“We will not. of course, use our own
names. I must have another, flow
would Enoch Rogers do?"
“It wouldn’t do at all I like rfoWt'
- ard Mortimer much better "
"Howard Mortimer It Is. Howard
Mortimer, being In love w Itb Constance
Malt raver* and her father being a
grim curmudgeon"— A
“la It necessary to make papa that?"
“Ob. no He may simply wish for
you to marry a prominent politician
who, though younger than himself. Is
hts Intimate friend."
Miss Merlweather looked up at Mr.
Fielding with an expression be tuuler-
stood. though another would not bare
“And who Is to play tMt*part?” she
asked, after a long pause
“The gentleman him— I mean Mr.
Cogswell, perhaps, might”^-
“Mr. Cogswell would do no such
thing—that Is. If the heroine Is to mar
ry Howard Mortimer."
"I never thought of that. We must
find some on? else."
►. "Perhaps I can persuade Mr. Cogs
well to take the part."
“And give place to Mortimer at tbe
end of the play?" o
"1 don't know. Is that necessary?" j
Mr. Fielding smiled
"Why couldn't that be left till lat
er?" asked'Miss Merlweather.
“1 was not aware.” replied Mr.
Fielding, with a slight hauteur, “that
a woman who is so deeply In love that
she l« about tcylefy her parents by run- |
nrtng aw^y with a man would havtany i
doubt ns to what man she intends to
run away with."
“Mightn't she change her mind at
the last minute?*’
“That Is a feature of realism which
would be difficult to work Into our ,
play, considering the theme. It would
b« Incoiignious.”
“1 ftupiiofte we will have to leave Mr. l
Cogswell out"
“Whom would you put In his place?*
“Mack Gregory would play tbe part
well If be could be induced to as
sume It"
Mr. Fielding frowned. In Mr. Greg. >
ory be recognised another of Urns
Meriweather's admirers. He changed
Ms tactics,
*Tfr, Gregory,” ho aaid, “has not tha
*r~ way prominent pail Ha
OSS
“Mach la mot dampy at all,” rtpflad
Mlaa Mertwaatbor; “bo la very syumivt-
ricai"
“His nose would not photograph wait
lt*a too long. You see In photograph*
Lag an object tbs nearer It la to tha
camera tbe larger It la. Gregory’s nose
photographed faring the camera would
look like an elephant's trunk.”
“Do 19V rwlly .think m?”
“1 know It" ,
“Who else ta there we can get for the
part?”
“It seems to me that If tbe heroine
doesn't know her own mind we'd bet
ter' put off making tbe scenario till she
duds out which way the wind blows."
“is she a weathercock?” reproach
fully.
“She may be wbat abe likes in real
life. When she goes on the boards
she must follow tbe dramatic laws.”-«»i
“Wbat are tbe dramatic laws?”
“The one that especially pertain# to
this theme is that tbe leading lady
must be des|>ernteiy iu love with tbe
leading gentleman.”
“Doesn't tbe leading gentleman have
to be desperately In lore with the
leading Indy too?"
“Certainly, but I can't see bow be
can act bis part to advantage if be
thinks she doesn't know whether she
loves him or not. Besides, her uncer
tainty would spoil the play. At the
last minute, when the audience is ex
pecting to see her run out of this door,
flit along tbe piazza to the porte-co
chere. to run away with tbe loading
gentleman, she might be descending a
ladder at the back window to make off
with the villain. That would, make a
pretty mess of It”
“How ridiculouar*
“I should think so.” -s
“Why,” she asked after a pause.
^’couldn’t tbe heroine be photographed
first running along the piazza to get
into a car with the hero and then de
scending a ladder from a back window
to run away with his rivkl? Then dur-
lug the performance she could make
up her jniaii which suitor she wanted,
and the si-ene to correspond w’lth her
decision could be used. When I rend
a atofY or see a play 1 never like to
know which war It’s going to turn
ont. It seems to me our play would be
much more interesting my way than
the other way. The audience wouldn’t
know who was going to w in.”
Mr. Fielding's eyea were l>ent on
.miss Meri weather'a face with ill cob-
cealed wonder while she premulgnte.l
this suggestion. When ahe bad fin
ished she looked up at him and. not
ing his expression, asked hint what
<-aused.lt
. “Wonder that such a marvelous ad
vance In the dramatic art should bare
remained hidden from dnunatUts for
so many centuries Who would hare
thought that a girl of today should
hare made such a discovery!”
"Are you speaking Ironically?”
“I’ennlt me to withdraw from col
laborating with one whose Ideas are so
far above mine that 1 could never
reach them and would therefore never
be In accord with them.”
He rose, shook down hta tronsera
and gave hta coat a hitch, ns If to re
tire.
"Bit down.” said Miss Merlweather
"I don't think you ijulte undeistand
me. Rerbnps It would be better for
one of three gentlemen whom 1 hare
suggested to take tbs ixirt of a rival"—
“A villain?"
"What y«u like, rival or rllliiJn. I’er-
ha|m we ciin agree better If Mr. Cogs
well. for tiixtain-e. shuul| take tie* letd- Albert Nix
lug part and you tukqfbe pad! of the ' Montague Smart
—tbe rlllaln." TJ j Mose Brooker
"If you mean the rival. 1 would nay Holly Gardner
that a real rival might be inspired to ! ^* ee Binkney
act tbe part lietter than one Who doea
not consider himself worthy to"—
•To wbatT A
"Unlace tbe bendntt shoes "
A prolonged stienecy
"Tt seem* to me." said Mies Meri-
weather, "that we have spent a lot of
tluie without getting anywhere. Sup
pose we begin. If you are to set the
port of my lover It seems to me that
you should l>e getting need to act lov-
er-liksf toward me. I have noticed that
lovi OHR picture plays sflvc each other
real kfVnes Must we do fTlat?"
Mr. Fielding brightened up. He as
sured Miss Merlweather that th'ey
must do everything that professional
actors and actresses do in picture
plays, amt-he proceeded to practice a
lover's (tearing toward his ladylove
by driving very nepr her. Then he
took her hand and a few minutes lat
er stole an arm around her dainty
waist. ‘
“1 wonder If 1 can have the face to
be photographed in this position.'' said
Miss Merlweather doubtfully
"I think that If we remain awhile In
this position you will become so accus
tomed to it that you will not miud ithe
camera." •
The latter portion of the rehearsal
came In, after he had made real love
to her. asked her to be his wife and
she had accepted him. The kiss was
never lietter performed In the most
artistic photographic production.
As to tbe collaboration for a picture 1
play, that Is In embryo. But so much
time is taken up In rehearsing lovers'
parts that it Is questionable if the sce
nario will ever lie finished. Meanwhile
it has got out that a) pair of real so
ciety lovers are collaborating in the
construction of a picture play In which
they will take the leading parts them
selves. and multitudes are waiting for
the opening performance.
But those who know aver that the
picture play will never be Constructed.
Some declare that Mis* Merlweather
had been angling for some time for
Mr. Fielding! who was considered a
great catch: that no proposition what
ever for a picture play had b#en mads
to her. and that ahe devised the
scheme for the purpose of bringing
him to lertu*. At any rate, tbe an-'
nouneement of their engafement will
soon be mad*.
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State of Sout. Carolina!
County of Barnwell, t
In the Probate Court.
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^Whereas, L. E. Harter, made suit
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