The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms / Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida

uld only stay

ld be P

e from the city gates. And indeed the scene that greeted them, and the sweet od

pressed by the wonderful sight, and as for Paul, who had somethi

uth, softly-at first it seemed as if one must talk in

nced Russ. "Stand still a moment and I'

Russ never tired of taking pictures, and when he was not making moving ones he was using his s

men bought some of the delicious fruit, right from t

en of the grove, as he saw the young people going about, "in t

an orange this way, but it's worth while. You get a little smeared up doing it; but

anner, with the skin left on so that eventually he had a long yel

ted, "and you get all the juice-that is, all you don't miss. It takes a lit

of skin, to which clung the cut sectio

as long as we're in an orange grove, let's d

me!" cr

repared one each for Ruth and Alice, and amid much laughter-the girls and the young men lea

your bathtub

man said. "There's a basin

if it was a bit "smeary," the young folks washed their hands and faces, and kept on th

Fountain of You

d it, after that delicio

ger, you'll go back to kinde

t want to be quite

tine, is on Myrtle avenue, two blocks north of the orange

would give eternal youth?" asked Ruth, half-serious

Of course that's not saying it's so. B

that?" a

y are higher than at others, and none of the other wells, or springs,

ed Alice, who was alway

objected Ruth, more cautious. "We may

lice, but she looked

low me," and he lowered a small bucket attache

nded some of the water to Alice, pouring it into a

" he said, and there was more of me

s induced, just for the fun of the thing, to try

he call, and Miss Penning

with the two former vaudeville actresses, they were not exactly unfriendly. And who coul

you get!" bantered Paul, as Miss

imed Miss Pennington. "I've been here once be

cried Russ. "Mr. Pertell will have

took out a vanity box, and surreptitiously used her

lf-seriously. "You will awaken in

, with its queer square stones bui

en when he found out that his life was slipping away in spite of the

he came to die," rema

ory," Ruth said, softl

na cross. The cross was located by the discovery of a silver casque, which contained documents telling of the matter, and one seem

wo former vaudeville actresses looked as though they want

Alice. "I just love

and even Miss Penningt

ds inter

boat, which I describe in my descriptive image, I went ashore with the Indian. We landed near a spring that they call the Fountain of Youth; there they had a temple built where they worshipped the sun, and there I built a cross o

e paper was given to the United States, through

tanding on such historic ground! Think of the ancient Indians

plained Miss Pennington, with a laugh. "It will spoil my com

led back over her shoulder, "Mr

ng operator. "Then I'd

Ruth. "It must be near lun

film one showing some of his players at Fort Marion, and he wanted Russ to go out

ugustine, and there were so many things to see, that n

fort and there Russ filmed many scenes. The play was to be called "The

awbridge in front of the portcullis, near the old watchtower on the stairway that

for Alice who, always interested in matters of antiquity, wandere

n the guard room was a table and some chairs, for the fort is in charge of a det

open fire-place at one end of the guard rooms. She recalled

nd two iron cages, containing the skeletons of

e been!" thought Alice, as she looked towa

staying here!" she exclaimed, f

see one of the company, she was horrified to see by the light which entered through a barred window,

me day, an' now I has, but it's been a pow'ful long time, honey! A long time!" and with outstretched han