The Washington herald., 1917-02-18
pearl OF THE ARMY
EPISODE NO. 8.
INTERNATIONAL
DIPLOMACY"
By GUY W. MCCONNELL.
Scenario BY George B. Seitz.

! Note-The storyof Pearl Of the Army" Paths's
ISM is given here in the form of series of lessons
in scenario writing. This is a condensed version Of
George b. seitzs working scenario for Episode No.
No. will be published next week.
Copyright. 1917, by Guy t. Mcconnell
| PART l.
| SUBTITLE.
/ Having recovered the Canal De-
ington, Col Dare confers with the
Secretary of War and the general
staff.
SCENE l.
| tSecretary of Wars private office as
per previous episodes.)
| open on I. G. of Dare, Secretary and
general staff comforting.
SUBTITLE.
Col. Dare's orderly, T. o. Adams.
awaits a telephone message from his
superior.
SCENE 2.
library in Dare home)
Open on f. g. of Adams awaiting
telephone call. Looks out of fore
ground.
! Show foreground of Pearl at other
end of room fixing flowers. She exits.
Adams discovers flower on floor. Picks
| 1t up, gazes at it. thrusts it into his
coat.
SCENE 3.
(Study in Dare homeD
| Show Pearl watching through .,or-
there's
SCENE 4.
library as per %
] Adams in picture. Registers phone ring
J Answers. Calls Pearl Pearl goes to
| phone.
SCENE s.
CSecretary's Office as per -
| Show foreground OF Dare speaking at
! phone:
SPOKEN TITLE.
Bring the waters to me here. When
| you open the safe, be sure the room is
| dark. There are undeveloped photo
graphic plates in it."
SCENE 6.
Gibrary as per p
Pearl mods. hangs up receiver, exits into
study.
SCENE 7.
| (Study as per 81
Pearl enters, turns out lights Opens
safe. Puts waters in envelope. AS she
| flashes on lights, Silent Menace masked
| is seen standing close behind her. He
| demands waters She refuses. The two
struggle. Servants come rushing in as
| Silent Menace hurls Pearl from MIN and
| leaps out window. Pearl draws herself
to her feet. Looks in her hand. Discovers
the flower, picked up and kept by Adams
in previous scene.
SCENE s.
| (Hedge at edge of Dare estate Old
woman seated on bench in picture1
| Hedge opens close behind her and Silent
Menace comes through. Hands her waters
and speaks:
SPOKEN TITLE.
| Give these to the messenger who waits
for you at your house"
Back to scene, Silent Menace goes back
| info bushes Ole woman rises and exits.
| SUBTITLE
| Pearl relates to Maj. Brent the coinci-
| dent of the crumbled flower.
SCENE Q.
NAbrary as per ~
Pearl is finishing telling story Brent
speaks.
SPOKEN TITLE.
TT is very suspicious. Come, he has
not got so far we cannot trail him.
Back to scene. They exit.
SCENE TO-
(Alleyway outside poor tenementD
Old woman of previous scene comes TO
| foreground. Passes through picture.
Adams steps out of hiding and follows
her.
SCENE II.
Round corner of alleyway)
Show foreground of Brent and Pearl.
They have apparently seen previous scene
and are hesitating whether to follow.
Brent tells Pearl to say where she is
He exits in direction taken by Adams.
SCENE IL.
Room in tenement)
Foreigner and old woman in picture
Adams appears in doorway. Steps stealth
lily behind them. Raises fist. Fade out.
SUBTITLE.
Five minutes later.
SCENE 13.
(Alleyway as per IL
| Show diaphra gmed foreground of Pearl.
Open diaphragm further until Adams,
wearing old woman's shawl and Just TAX
! ing of old woman's bonnet, is seen Close
behind Pearl. Pearl stares at him. He
| hands the Yafers to her. Speaks
SPOKEN TITLE
Return them to your father If
never return, hunt for my body in the
basement Of the Chemical Building
| Back to scene, he bows and exits.
| Pearl amazed. Fade out
PART II
SUBTITLE
Half doubling. yet half believing the
mysterious T. o. Adams Pearl trusts
no one and secretly investigates thu
Chemical Building herself
SCENE a.
Rear of Chemical BuildingD
Show foreground of Pearl in light
shaft She carefully breaks small pane
window and opens it. Enters
| SUBTITLE
Sometime later.
| SCENE IS
| (Room in basement of building)
Silent Menace and the Foreign Alliance
| In black robes holding meeting Pear!
at other end of room unseen by others,
raises head behind boxes and watches
! them.
| SCENE 16
| Passageway. Closed trap door
! Adams comes into passageway.
Stealthily climbs ladder and opens trap
door a few inches Listens
| SCENE IT,
| CRoom in basement as per 49,
Flash Of Silent Menace and Foreign
| Alliance talking.
| SCENE 1S
| Passageway as per l6)
Adams holding trap door up. He re-
| treats down ladder. As he gets to bot
tom, the foreigner who was seen in the
old woman's cottage. comes running in,
seizes Adams and the two struggle. AS