The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-08-17
A PICTURE
PLAYWRIGHT
By r. A. mitchell

port signifying that he was a Citizen
Of Holland appeared In the rear OF the
German lines and asked permission TO
20 through Into Belgium. lie was
taken before Colonel Diedrich. who
was charged with the examination OF
those desiring to pass out Of Germany
to discover n they bore any informa.
tion that the government would not
care 10 have carried out Of the country.
The travclcr-van Gassboch was the
name entered on his passport-was led
TO the quarters of the colonel. carrying
suit case. his only baggage.
open IT," said the officer. pointing TO
the suit case.
Van Gassboch laid open the case.
and the colonel directed soldier to
dump the contents on a table. This
done, the colonel drew n chair near the
Pile and. taking up each article 1t con.
tanned. scrutlnizcd II infinitely. There
were some linen. brushes and combs
and other toilet articles. These he laid
aside and. coming TO n roll " manu-.
script. bounced upon It suspicinusly.
"What Il thsi" he asked. removing
II from ihc envelope containing It,
~ scenario for n picture plny."
The colonel turned over one page
after another, not reading them, but
looking for what might Indicate mnt.
ter covering Information Of the Ger.
man situation.
"whnt are these drawings;" he
asked.
suggestions for scenery to he pro
duced In the play" was the reply.
"whnt II this-n Zcppclinf"
"No. colonel: that Is intended 20
represent n cloud"
I'm; you Dutchmen know nothing
about nrt."
~ don't pretend TO be mn artist. AZ
I have told you. colonel. these are
merely suggestions. They are intend.
ell to Indicate to the artist what Is re-
quircd."
II should think so. Well. must
rcnd this manuscript. and cannot do
NJ mt once. 80 you must wait"
Tint Il TO lie expected. only ! trust
that you viii not Keep mo waiting any
longer than absolutely necessary"
With this Van Gasshoch was taken
TO place where he was Kept under
shnrd iiil the hrA' nny' when he wns
again lc,l a. Colonel Dicirichs quar-.
tors. The colonel seemed during the
interval 10 nave thnwcd somewhat
his manner was more friendly.
did NOT understand yesterday, ne
snii' why you came !" Germany I"
write your picture play. The theme
eNp'nihs u. where c"u'u you get 'he
m"'c.'hi '" pr's'h' p'ns bnse" on
tue rnuSt OF .ne 'nhior,"' ',oc'he ex'
WI. !" 'ne 'n'n'r,hn"' iour pm!
VIII oc "onocr' ! nave ""u u M
na' s.'' ""''' '""S' i"'s n""n ~
hc'i VIII .c very Impressive "heh pho'
''a,ai,neu'
H.. m Is ,h,chd'u =" We VIVID
"u' WY y" Wv "nnu ."' '''"''i"
', ,,,, a,n''s 'n'.n'"'"s
'.huse in""i,,nihs nrc 10 ih"c"
more Impressive 'ii"ii Plhihs'
see H".nh's "','r represents 'n'
Sui@rworld ,nnh 'ne '"hs'rau'
or mont n'"nc'
Ven Moht i,.ahc Is kilicd oy ~
rrrneh ''n'. rue 'unpI,au nns ,n'
proper souhu. but mere .,re'errihH
p" Que o' Tue Inotur's- some
'h'hs "oh uh"ers'hh" u look
n,orc IKE ""sr"" 'h"h "h''h'h'
''sc , -
u o,"srnh-" aihnrnm o, I'M
Ihnous shrurN scene pe'w'eh faus
anu s,arsus'',' .,
Mnrsuern'. Heih' "re'cheh'
iou sre risn'' coioheL was 'h'hk
ing o, "ouhou : opera" =.
Ach' "ouhon was not the man u
"ane an oi"rn on TINS meme
" sh"uiu nave p,Fh WhHher.
Inn Wasner; tne Immortal Was
he. Anu tue co'ohe's eye hRh'e'
Win enthusiasm,
rue pic'ure pay WIN nave 'ne "e'
man coior'hH throusnouL
ihat Is eood.
"Anu tue heroine VIII % name