Hour of Enchantment / A Mystery Story for Girls

l come here to live." That Lorena LeMar, Jeanne's double, spoke in

spacious hotel apartment with its glimmer of sil

't well live anywhere else. This is the apartment of Lorena LeMar. Every one knows t

. "Am I to be Lorena LeMar to your f

y been where others might see them together. This would have proved fatal to their plans. Nevertheless in out-of-the-way places and in this, Lorena LeMar's apartme

r part she must abandon the shabby comfort of her rooms with Florence and come

ed herself with a sinking heart. "And

d no worse than the average. Slender, vivacious, frank, quite lovable, she lived as those others live. There

iends-" she s

orena LeMar, meaning you, is doing a picture, a vastly important picture, going to make you famous and all t

," Jeann

aside, "is perhaps mor

oom. Could she do it, live like

tal rugs were on the floor. Against the broad wall was a great friendly

s of silver and gold," she thought s

! It must n

nt," the movie queen threw open a

he apologised. "Some

f a second door revealed row upon row of coats and gowns.

breathed.

f-fact, "while you are Lorena LeMar you will wear these.

f, Petite Jeanne-the little French girl who for many months had traveled with g

ut, in France, to be rich is to be thrifty. Her people were all that. She had

, well, I am to be a queen, a qu

cross the floor in one o

she came dancing back. "Then you will

ld I res

nch girl was all but overcome with misgivings. It is one thing to appear on a movie lot each day and say certain words, go through certain gestures that have

f. "When I am not rehearsing or playing a part

LeMar's friends permit it? W

me will tell,

story of mountain life, life of Lincoln's own country, w

om," she murmured. "If only

LeMar belongs in California. All her frien

. As she left the hotel elevator on the way home, a hand touched her ar

ying. "You remember me, don

un, then she found her senses

ot, doing a picture, you know. It-it's dre

o herself as she leaped into

s thinking, quite against her will, "is but the beginning. Miss LeMar has many frien

e shall be my bodyguard. She'll throw them

day she was on the Enchanted Island. And