The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-02-02
EPISODE OF A
FILM
By SADIE OLCOT1

lue way MISS Eultu MuuLlLlS ell
gagement to George Cross came to be
broken was this:
Edith. when she was seventeen, had
u love affair with Fred Stanford
Stanford's uncle was banker and
had u branch in Hongkong. He offer
cd his nephew a position in his China
house that would insure him a fortune
In few years Fred accepted and
went 10 China. Before leaving he
tried to get Edith to promise that she
would wait for him and marry him
when he returned with his fortune
Edith was not sufficiently in love with
him to make such promise. but told
him that If when he came back she
felt as she did at his going she would
be his wife.
Fred was obliged to be content with
this and went away hoping that she
would be true to him. though he had
no reason to be sure that she would
Up to this time Edith had been
schoolgirl and had not seen many
men. but soon after Freds departure
she was introduced into society and
became belle. She met so many at
tractive men that they neutralized her
interest in them Three years passed
when she met the man who was capa
BILE Of inspiring her with grand pas
sion. George Cross was one of those
aggressive. strong willed men who
when they once get woman under
their thumb are liable to keep her
there The more he browbeats them
the more passionately they love him.
Cross proposed to Edith. and she fell
into his arms as If she had been struck
by lightning
The Manning country place was
beauty. The house had been built by
an architect who was also an artist.
and the gl1Slnds. consisting Of dozen
acres. were beautifully laid out Mr.
Manning. Etith's father. was very
proud Of it One day ii man drove
by it who wis looking for place for
the location Of certain scenes for q
picture play. 1t was just what he
wanted. and after inquiring to whom
1t belonged and Mr. Manning's bust
ness address he called on him and
asked If he would consent to the use
of his place for the purpose mentioned
Mr.. Manning asked how much pic
informed that young man would be
driven up to the house in an automo
bile would alight and enter the house,
later to emerge through the same door
at which he went in with the star ac-
tress Of the play re-enter the auto and
be driven away with her. Mr.. Man.
ming gave his consent to the use of
his place. and the pictures were to be
taken the next day.
When Edith heard that evening at
dinner from her father what was to
be done she was much interested and
awaited the arrival of the movie men
with impotence. The next morning
hearing an auto coming up the road
way she went to the window and saw
the leading gentleman Of the pla!
handsomely dressed, u chrysanthemum
in his buttonhole. being driven up to
the front entrance.
Now. it did not occur to Miss Man
ming that the scene was being photo
graphed and that she would appear in
the picture, Quite likely 1t was her
interest in something novel to her that
prevented this entering her head. So
curious was she that she leaned out
of the window, keeping her eyes fixed
on the top Of the actors silk hat i'm
mediately below her till he had disap
Feared within the vestibule.
The leading lady had arrived and
was downstairs waiting for the lead
ing gentleman. though Miss Manning
was not aware of her arrival Eager
to see what would happen next. Edith
maintained her position.
Suddenly she felt herself clasped
from behind and mans beard against
her cheek. Turning her face, she rec.
ognized ut once her former lover. Fred
Stanford.
The photographer must have been a
scamp Of the first water, for he took
a close up picture of this episode. |
which was not in the play. showing
Edith In the arms of man. and. the |
light striking her face. a fair likeness
OF her was obtained. BY the time the
leading gentleman and lady emerged |
from the house Edith and Fred had |
from the window
When the films were made up the
person who did the work. supposing
that the window scene was a part Of
the play. left It in
Well. the rest Of the story-the prin
cipal part Of it. needs no telling. When
George Cross heard that a picture of
the Manning place was given In a
movie play he went to see It. He saw
more than he had expected-his fiancee
In the arms of a strange man None
Of Edith's friends mp to this time had
seen the play. and before they did the
window scene had been eliminated
But George Cross had seen it. and that
was enough he wrote note to
Edith peremptorily breaking the en-
yagement betty them.
Had he told her the cause all might
have been explained: hut being one of
hose up and down men. like Caesar.