St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-05-14


| by any means. He was dressed in the
| height of fashion, and Poindexter won
dered what any man, looking so much
like tailors model, was doing on a
| lonely path in the woods at II o'clock
in the morning.
"Ha, ha,' he said still smiling. cat
last / have found you. Perhaps now
you will listen to me, my Lady Dis
dain."
The girl gave a low cry and looked
wildly about her, as though searching
for a way to escape, but the man
quickly stepped up to her Poindexter
rose quickly, silently, to a crouching
attitude, ready to spring in a mo-
ment
THE plot thickens." he said to him
self. Talk about never the time and
the place. It's positively theatrical in
its setting, this little drama"
The man seized the girl by the wrist
Answer me now" he said. will you
marry me to-day, or will you not?
give you one more chance. If you
will not marry me, at least you will
marry no one else." A look of mad
ness came into his eyes and to Poin-
dexter's horror he drew out revol-
yer. He could hear the click as the
villain cooked it.
Without waiting for any more de-
dexter bounded to his feet, leaped
down the bank, stumbling over rocks,
crashing through bushes, and precipi-
tated his ITS pounds of hard-trained
muscle on the man, who, taken I'M
awares, fell like shot in the path.
Then, with savage thirst for blood,
Poindexter proceeded to pummel the
villain vigorously, after wrenching
away the revolver and throwing it into
the bushes, where it went off harm
lessly. He heard the girl shrek wild
ly, but oblivious to everything bue
the desire to punish the man he was
unconscious of the entrance of any
other actors on the scene until he was
suddenly, forcibly, but with great diff
ficulty, pulled from his victim.
When he staggered to his feet and
looked about him, he wondered If he
were in nightmare. A stout the
atricallooking man was dancing up
and down with rage, the rescued lady
was wringing her hands and at the
same time laughing Historically, and q
little German supporting a large cam
era on tripod with one hand was
shaking his fist in Poindexter's- face,
while two men were holding his arms
SO tightly behind his back that he
could hardly endure the pain.
The villain of the drama slowly
rose to his feet, disclosing a CHASTITY
bruised and bleeding countenance.
There, you meddling fool" the
stout person sputtered. You see what
you've done! You've ruined the film
and spoiled Judson's face, so he won't
be able to go on again for weeks. I'll
have you arrested. I'll have you ar
rested at once, sir"
Poindexter, dazed and feeling as if
he were awaking from a dream, gazed
blankly from him to the beautiful lady
"Oh. he thinks it's all real" she
gasped Historically. ''He thinks it's
all real" Then she dropped a little
curtsy, one hand on her heart, her
face wreathed in smiles. MY dear
pugnacious young man." she said, you
have seriously interfered with the pho
tographing of the moving picture
drama, THE Revenge of the Rejected
Lover l suppose you have spoiled
about a thousand films, as it seems
that Mr. Gravestein kept on automat-
ically swapping you during your very
dramatic performance. You do not,
apparently, know the ropes, SO l will
explain to you that he and t. nodding
toward the villain, belong to a stock
company that spends all its time po-
sing for moving picture plays. l am
Antoinnette Dubois. You may have
heard of me-"
And then Poindexter knew why her
face had been so familiar. He had
seen her play score of times in pop.
ular plays on the legitimate stage.
"Mr. Cavendish," the little German
photographer deposited his camera in
a safe place and came forward rub
bling his hands and beaming at his in,
spiration. "Mr Cavendish, Wy not
change de name of de biece-call it
the Rescue of Injured Innocence or
Something's of dat nature. You can al
ways get beable to pose for your
Jealous Lover Mr.. Cavendish, but
nefer will you get ANGLING so realistic
again as this scene. Ach, it was
beautiful to see the SO strong young
man come leabing down de rocks and
fall upon de villain. 1t will take with
de beoble, Mr.. Cavendish, and you
will hat money in your pocket"
And this was the way that that ex-
ceedingly popular moving picture film,
The Rescue of Injured Innocence"
had its origin And, incidentally, it Is
the way Antoinette Dubois happened
to change her name to Poindexter and
leave the stage.
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