At one time it was Boardman’s revolver that was missing, and one had to be borrowed from an extra who could manage to do without it.
At another time it was Alice Lytelly’s special costume which it was necessary for her to wear in certain scenes of the picture. This entailed a hurried trip to the general store and a new dress made as near in the style of the original as possible.
As a result of these delays and hindrances not only Ruth but the actors as well became nervous and irritable.
“Lucky,” thought Ruth, grasping at what straws of comfort she could find, “that most of the biggest and most important scenes have already been filmed. Sol Bloomberg at least cannot spoil those!”
Which only goes to show that, even yet, Ruth had no adequate idea of the lengths to which a vindictive nature like Bloomberg’s would be willing to go in order to cripple or disable an enemy.
One day Ruth and Helen took the long-contemplated trip to the Chase mine. They had arranged with Ellen to meet the latter at an early hour and go with her to the mine, since Mary would already be at work there.
They went on horseback to the little path leading into the woods where Tom and Chess and Layton Boardman had come upon Ruth and the Chase girls on the occasion of Ruth’s first meeting with them.
There Ellen met them and said that they had better tether the horses in the woods since the trail from there on was so rocky and steep that it could only be ascended on foot.
They led the horses some little distance from the road and tethered them securely.
Both girls were in tune with the glorious day and the beauty of the northern scenery. The climb up the little path that wound about Snow Mountain was a delight to them. New and beautiful vistas opened up to them at every turn of the trail.