Evening journal., 1922-05-25
o411 ss Lo~a4 Jos~gA Yz-1s.
CONTINUED From Our Last Issue)

love 10 by a man with rouge OF
cheeks and lips and eyelashes bead
ed with mascara.
II the feeling that she had cas-
her lines in strange places was quick
to wear off, in those three days ol
work with the Summerland com
pany. the fun OF II wasn't. Lucinda
threw herself into the detail OF every
hour with tremendous zest, and liked
it ali as she seldom had liked any
thing before.
There was another side OF the
business. OF course. One heard
dark hints of the uglier side, one
even caught glimpses OF it--as in the
instance of Nelly Marquis. But
awareness of It had no perceptible
effect upon the spirits OF those with
whom Lucinda found herself asso-
ciated for the time being. Some
of the younger members OF the act
ing division seemed 70 take life a
thought seriously-"life" meaning,
as a rule, themselves-but the more
experienced went about their work
with tests ever on their lips. The
common attitude summed up to this
that making pictures was all a huge
lark and (strictly 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 Summer
lads, Lucinda never managed to Sc
cure an ineligible exposition Of its
relation to the plot. Both Summer
lad and jacques seemed strangely
vague in their own minds concern
ing II. and Alice Drak frankly con
fessed she hadn't read the script and
hadn't the faintest notion what the
picture was about
To the best OF her observation
her role was that Of an involuntary
vamp. Not vampire; vamp. A vRmp
no longer means OF necessity a
vampire. a scarlet-mouthed seduc-
tress OF strong mems souls. A vamp I
may be a far more socially possible
person than that.
As an involuntary vantp, Miss !
Lee was to meet Mr.. Summerlad |
under romantic circumstances and /
wean him from strict
fidelity to the charms Of his be-
trothed Cor It may have been his
wlfe). Miss Drake.
The said romantic circumstances
were sufficiently thrilling. Miss Lee
was run away with by her horse
while taking an early morning can
ter in the mountains conveniently
adjacent to her family's suburban
villa. Mr.. Summerlad, similarly en-
gagged, happened along at the right
time to observe her peril, pursue,
and snatch her bodily from her sad
die 10 his arms at the very instant |
when her mount was plunging head !
long over a precipice. After which |
he escorted her to her home and on
the way the two INDUCED in normal
and expected love-making.
Lucinda and Summerlad were
photographed time and again. in
distance shots, medium shots, and |
close-ups, riding side by side, dis
mounting TO rest in a sweet sylvan
GLADE by the side of the stream
and finally in each others arms.
With Miss Drake riding up to sur
Prise them as they kissed.
Because such scenes are a COM
OF taking, Lucinda
lad not been prepared for the fact
hat she was to be kissed by sum
nerlad; whereas she had been nlrt-
ne with him dangerously for the
,est part Of three days. Now sud
.enlv. toward the close OF the third !
he was instructed TO permit MS ]
submit 10 his KISS anu
iss him in response.
she made no demur. for that
-ould have seemed silly, but did her '
est to ape the matter-of-course
,anner Of all hands. and went G
trough with It with all the stoicism,
hen the camera wasn't trained on
er. that was compatible with the
motions she must show when II
as. =
But her heart was humping furi- J,
,slv when she felt Summerlad's =
ms for the first time enfold her. !
ID when, murmuring the terms OF =
ldearment appropriate TO both the =
lrts the man was playing, he put Z
s Inns to hers, she knew, both de- .
lite and because of the tumGlt OF
,r senses, that she was lost Con- =
ol of the situation between them ?,
,ssed in that instant from her :,
lnds to his. ~
Released at length, she looked -
,und. dazed and breathless, to find ..
lat, during the business of the kiss >
party of unlimited onlookers had -, -,
cen added to their professional au- ~
ience. =,
A motor-car had slipped up in
he group and stopped, and one of
IS two passengers had alighted and =.
rawn near to watch.
This was Bellamy. !"
XXI
Momentarily stunned eyes saw the u
ace of Bellamy only as a swimming y
,lur OF fiesh-color shaded by a smile y
f hateful mockery. her wits handi-
apped by panicky conviction that
was all up now with Linda Lee. r
In another minute or two, every 4
ody present must learn, by night
all the studios would be agog over
he news that Linda Lee was no less
parsonage than Mrs. Bellamy
ruce
All at once Lucinda discovered
ow passionately her heart had be-
ome implicated In this adventure. c
D hear the inevitable verdict read L
BON her career before it was fairly S
unched. Another screen-struck Il
ciety womanl" were an affront to q
cent self-esteem by the side of c
1ich IL seemed a trivial matter that c
.llamy, no more her husband but
the grace Of the fiimsiest of civil C
tions, had caught her in the act "
kissing another man. c.
Nrot nit a ding her chaalc ware