Aunt Jane's Nieces out West

h enthusiasm. "If I had the face or the figure or the abi

hard during the rehearsals and often I have become so weary that I feared I would drop to the ground in sheer exhaustion. Flo did faint, once or twice, during our

opgirls, for the early morning sun is the best part of the day for our work. Often we are obliged to reach

ent, or from necessity?" inquired Beth, won

ed Maud with a smile. "We

aunt assist yo

y, she is as p

know the Montroses," sa

left his wido

nce. "Uncle was a stock gambler, and when

er left a small fortune to be divided between Flo and me, and appointed Uncle George our guardian. We were sent to a girls' school

uck," said Patsy

pier now than if we had money. Our poverty gave us dear Aunt Jane for a com

o become actresses, when so many better occ

e stage variety, you know. Our performances are all privately conducted, and although the

are at the picture

e to be embarrassed

details of an artistic conception. We have now been in Hollywood for five months, yet few people who casually notice us at the hotel or on the streets have any idea that we act for the 'movies.' Sometimes we appear publicly in the streets, in

icture of the falli

ur hotel. At the first alarm of fire one of the directors wakened us and we jumped into our clothes and were whisked in an automobile to the scene of the conflagration. The camera-man

been thrilling

r wrote a story where at the climax a girl was rescued from the flames by her lover, and we took our tim

e wonderfully enterpris

eful to work into a picture play. A few weeks ago I was shipwrecked on the ocean and saved by clinging to a raft. That was not pleasant and I caught a severe cold by being in the water too long; but I was chosen because I can swim. Such incidents are merely a part of our game-a game where pe

anage to do tha

h was recorded Flo's body lying among the jagged rocks, where it had been carefully and comfortably arranged.

interesting tha

we've never been on

t started in such a queer

b and earned thirty dollars between us; but then the manager thought he would like to employ us regularly, and with Auntie to chaperon us we accepted the engagement. The first few weeks we merely appeared among the rabble-something like chorus girls, you see-but then we were given small

rls play star part

s. To-day, for instance, you saw her among the dancing girls. I do the ingenue, or young girl parts, which are very popular just now. I did not wa

l!" cried Pats

ed at this praise, b

salary is very liberal at present, as Goldstein grudgingly informed you, and we are saving money. As soon as

e have lost our youth. So we are taking advantage of th

go into the motion pict

mount importance. In other words, action must do the talking and explain everything. I am told that some comedians, like 'Bunny' and Sterling Mace, wer

estaurant overlooking the ocean. And then, although at this season it was bleak winter back East, all but Uncle John and

scene, while the young people swam and splashed about, and they s

tanton, who was beside her in the water, "for Uncle John is rather

dear old gentle

r Aunt Jane, that is evidence that she is all right, too; for Uncl

d; "there's someone

along the coast, but only a few had ventured far out beyond the life-lines, so Patsy naturally sought an explanation by gazing at those farthest out. At first she was puzzled, for all the v

ng way from the person in distress. Then Patsy, always quick-witted in emerge

y wading near the beach, and he caught the note of terror in her

nd row as hard as you eve

estions but, realizing that someone was in danger, he p

t hand, rang in the girl's ears as she peered eagerly ahead for a sign to guide her. Now she espied Maud

surely done for by this time. Hurry, Arthur! I

d was holding fast to something dark and inanimate. A

you can. Don't min

while Patsy clasped Maud's hand and helped the girl over the side. Sh

atsy, as Arthur headed

rward to look at the face of th

she said. "Isn't it too bad

low as he lay lifeless at her feet. Too late, undoubtedly; and he wa

e beach. Uncle John, always keeping an eye on his beloved nieces, had noted every detail of the rescue and as a dozen

ally, and with the assistance of his chauff

said Patsy, no

you girls can't come in

l that can

after it Maud said, shaking her head mildly: "I fear

him back to life. Anyhow, it's right to make every attempt, as pro

them and Louise came runnin

as it,

r out and had a cramp, perhaps. Or his strength

dreadful to watch the poor boy drowning when hundreds of peopl

those people were intent on themselves and made so mu

eft the water and trooped to the bathhouses to dress. Mrs. Montrose advised the girls to ge

bsence surprised them until they saw his smiling face as he drove u

Uncle

great satisfaction. "Anyway, he's alive and breathing now, and t

ey asked, crowd

Jo

from Patsy, in

. A. J

ave given you a

notified. His bathing suit is his own, not rented, and the name 'A. Jones' is embroidered on tape and sewn to each piece. Also the key to bathhouse number twenty-six was tied to his wrist. The superintendent sent a man f

angoa?" inq

clothes were made by a Los Angeles tailor, but when they called him up by telephone he knew nothing about his customer except that he had ordered h

strange-perhaps a lit

Mon

ith any friends or relatives he might have. But after he passed the crisis so well and fell asleep, the hospital people stopped worrying a

le; is that a to

pose. People are here from every cr

h," commented Arthur. "

d has saved his life, and if it's worth

w that he is all right he need never know who it was that rescued him. And, for that matter, sir, Patsy Doyle and Mr. Weldon did as muc

n. "I had to tell the whole story, you see, as a matter of record, and

h a smile, "it really required fou

believe it was all Fate, and nothing else. Had we not come to the beach this afternoon, the b

sy, "the moving picture man saved the b

celebrate the occasion, Mr. Merrick proposed to take them all into Lo

m all more intimate, so that when they finally reached home and separated