The well-dressed actor came on.
"Oh, run faster!" commanded Mr. Pertell, impatiently. "Act as though you meant it. Put some spirit in it. You are supposed to be desperate because your sweetheart has gone off with another man. You look as though you didn't care!"
Thereupon Mr. Towne tried to "register" anger, and succeeded fairly well. But in doing so he forgot to "mind his steps," and a moment later, in running along the edge of the muddy stream he slipped, and the next moment, in all the glory of his white suit, he splashed into the mud.
CHAPTER XV
IN PERIL
Russ instantly stopped grinding away at the camera handle as he saw Mr. Towne go into the ditch, but the manager, without the loss of a moment, cried:
"Film that, Russ! It'll be better than the way we were to play it first. Catch him as he comes up!"
"All right!" chuckled the young operator.
"Oh, what a place to fall!" cried Miss Pennington, who was off one side, out of the camera's range.