CHAPTER XXV
THE FIRE FILM
"All ready now, Russ!"
"All ready, Mr. Pertell."
"Then start off. Be ready with the torch there, Sandy, and touch off the pile of hay and straw inside the barn when I give the word. Then come out for the bucket brigade."
"Yes, sir."
It was the day after the finding of the money box, for there had been so much excitement attending that eposide, that Mr. Pertell thought it wise to postpone the fire scene. But now all was in readiness for it.
"All ready now!" called the manager, and the play began. There were several preliminary scenes before the final one of the burning barn, and these were successfully run off, Russ filming them one after the other.
There was no hitch, so well had the play been rehearsed. Now came the time when Ruth and
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