"Go on there, Mr. Bunn! Row! Row!" called Mr. Pertell, while Russ, who was with him in a third boat, was making the reel hum in the camera.
"I—I can't row any faster," said the old "Ham" actor.
"But you must!" the manager cried. "That's better," he added as Mr. Bunn showed a burst of speed.
"Oh dear! If ever I get through this series of pictures I'll quit the game!" groaned the former legitimate actor.
Ruth and Alice "registered" the proper business as the men in the pursuing boat came nearer and nearer. The flight was to continue along the Jersey shore.
"Jump out! Jump out!" commanded Mr. Pertell, giving directions from behind a screen of bushes, where he and Russ, having landed, were now hidden to take the land scenes.
The girls and Mr. Bunn leaped ashore. The "villains" followed, firing blank cartridges.
"Fine! That's fine!" cried the enthusiastic manager, when suddenly, from a road that ran along the shore, there sprang a number of country officers. They had their clubs in one hand and had drawn their revolvers.
"Surrender! Surrender!" cried the leading officer to the "villains," who were pursuing Mr. Bunn and the girls. "Surrender! We've got you covered! We seen you chasin' these parties! Surrender!" and the police rushed toward the actors.
"Keep back! Keep back!" implored Mr. Pertell, leaping out of concealment and waving his hands. But he was too late.