Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-13

then bent over the table and pulled
out inc began to ransack n of its
drawers. Thus engaged, he said
clearly: "All right, Almai" and i'm
m~ediately gave a start. whereby it
appeared hat he had heard foot
tails off, and slammed the drawer.
At this Miss Daley entered a ~listless
little figure so -preoccupied with
secret woe. hat she quite failed at
first 10 see Mr.. Laughlin. and when
she did. gave "a start even more vio-
lent than his had been. elasping
both hands TO her bosom and crying
out in a thrilling voice: "Egbert.''
Mr.. Laughlln Kept his temper adj
mirably under the sting of this cpl
thet: all the same. anyone could see
he Ldn't fancy 1t a bit. However.
first and always the gentleman. he
offered Miss Daley a magnanimous
gesture of outstretched hands. In
stantly the poor girls lace bright
ened with a joyous smile. a happy
cry trembled upon her lips as she
ran to his arms. He EMBODIED her.
with a fond hand ground her fea-
lures into the shoulders of his smok-
n g-jacket. and turned his own to-
ward the camera. working them into
a cast of bitter anguish.
Gently rescuing' herself, Miss
Daley discovered Egtert's hat and
stick, turned to him and looked him
up and down with damning horror.
audibly protesting: But. Egbert!
you are going OUT" He attempted
a disclaimer. but the evidence of the
top hat and the smoking-jacket was
too damning: and in the end he had
to give in and admit that. well, yes,
he was going out. and what of it.
Evidently Miss Daley knew any
number of reasons why he ought to
stay in, but she made the grave mis-
take of trying to hold him with af-
fection's bonds, throwing herself
upon his neck and winding her arms
tightly round 1t. And that was too
much: Egbert made it clear that,
while he'd stand for a lot from a
woman to whom he was Everything,
there was such a thing as piling 1t
on too thick. And. against her fren-
zied resistance he grasped her frail
young wrists. burtally broke her en-
brace. and flung her from him. She
fell against the table. threw back
her head to show the pretty lines of
her throat. clutched convulsively at
her c~ollar-bone, and subsidized upon
the floor in a fit of heartbroken Sob
bling: while Egbert c~allously took his
nat Cldpptu IL On HIS nedu, anu
marched out nv a door in the rear
wall. his dignity but slightly i'm
paired by the fact that the hat was
several sizes too large and would
extinguished him completely If
it hadn't been for his noble ears.
Without pause Mr.. Laughlin
doubled round to the front of the set,
threw the waiting actor a brusque
See, Tommy? Get what 1 mean"
and encouraged Miss Daley with
That's wonderful, Alma, dear. Now
go on, right through the Gene"
Miss Daley. lying in complete coll
with her head to the camera,
up on an elbow. planted her
hands upon the floor and by main
strength pushed her heaving shout
away from it, keeping a tor
tured face turned to the camera
Then she got her sec
ond wind, caught hold of the edge of
the table. pulled herself up, looked
round wildly. realized that she was a
deserted woman. saw her hat by
Tape hanging on the back of a
chair by Ludwig Baumann,
seized it. rushed to the door by
Egbert had escaped, and
threw herself out in pursuit.
Mr.. Laughlin clapped gleeful
hands.
Fine, Alma, wonderful! You're &,
simply marvellous today. dear. Now, F.,
Tommy. run through it just once
Alma. and then we'll shoot"
Mr.. Lane hustled about and found