Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-01
Continued From Our Last Issue).
CHAPTER w.
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month az Hollywood and Lucinda
forgot 10 think il strange that she
should not resent being made lore TO
/ by man with rouge on cheeks and
! lips ana eyelashes beaded with mas.
caro-.
II the feeling that she haf cast her
lines In strange places WAS quick &c
| wear olf iii those three days of work
with the Suinmerlad cornnany. the fun
/ of II wasn't Lucinda threw herself
/ into the detail Of every hour with tire
mendons zest, and liked It All ~ she
seldom had liked anything before
There was another side to the bust
ness. of course. One heard dark hints
glimpses Of it-as in the Instance of
Nelly Marquis But awareness Of 1t
had no perccptible effect upon the spirits
Of those with whom Lucinda found her
self associated for the time being. Some
OF the younger members Of the acting
division seemed to take life q thought
seriously-"lifa" meaning, as rule,
themselves--but the more experienced
went about their work with jests ever
on their iips The common attitude
summed Hp 70 this. that making pic
lures was all a huge lark AMI tstrietly
between those engaged in IT. a darned
good joke on the people who paid the
bills
AS for the part she was supposed to
play in this picture Of Summerlad's, Lu-
cinda never managed to secure an intel
iigible exposition IF it's relation 10 the
plot. Bot! Summerlad and Jacques
strangely vague in their own minds con
corning 1t, and Alice Drake frankly con-
fessed she hadn't read the script and
hadn't the faintcst notion what the pie
ture was about.
To the best OF her observation her role
! was that Of an Involuntary yamp. Not
vampire, vamp. A yafnp no longer means
/ of necessity a vampire, scarlet-mouth he'd
/ seductress Of strong meas souls. A
yamp may be a far more socially possible
| person than that.
AS an involuntary vamp. Miss Lee was
to meet Mr.. Summerial under romantic
| circumstances and innocently wean him
from strict fidelity To the charms If his
betrothed Tor it may have been his wife),
Miss Drake
The said romantic circumstances we're
sufficiently thrilling Miss Lee was run
away with by her horse while taking an
early morning canter In the mountains
conveniently adjacent to her family's
suburban villa Mr.. Snmmerlad similar
~ engaged happened along ut the right
time to observe her peril, pursue. and
snatch her bodily from her saddle to
his arms ut the very instant when her
mount was plunging headiong over
precipice. After which he escorted her
to her home and on the way the two
inaaIged In normal and expected love-
making.
Lucinda and Summeriad were photo
graphed time and again in distance shots,
medium shots. and eIoseurs. riding side
Ly side, dismonnting to rest I'm sweet
sylyania glade by the side Of the stream.
aud finally in each others arms, with
Miss Drake riding up to surprise them
as they kissed.
Because sHeh scenes are common
place Of picture taking Lucinda had not
been prepared for the fact that she WAS
to be kissed by sunmerIad; whereas
she had been flirting with him
dangerously for the best part of three
days. Now suddenly, toward the close
OF the third, she was instructed to per-
NIT his embrace submit to his kiss, and
kiss him In response.
She made no demur, for that would
have seemed silly, but did her best to
ape the matter of-course manner Of all
hands, and went through with ii with all
the stoicssm. when the camera wasn't
trained on her. that was compatible with
the emotions she must show when it
was.
But her heart was humping furiously
when she felt Summerlad's arms for the
first time enfold her; and when, muir
murine the terms of endearment appro-
PIRATE to both the parts he man was
playing. h. put his lips to hers, she
knew. both despite and because ~ the
tumult of her senses. that she was lost
Control of the situation between them
passed in that instant from her hands to
his
Released at length she looked round,
dazed and breathless. to find that, dur
ing the business of the kiss, party of
unlimited onlookers had been added to
their professional audience.
A motor car had slipped up on the