Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1923-12-06
A Moving Picture
While You Wait
BY CLARA DELAFIELD
%. 1923. western Newspaper Union.)

When Mr.. Harvey Peterson came to
board at the Hull farm, saying he was
city man who'd been run down
through oyerwork, and how the doctor
had told him he must find complete
relaxation in a quiet, old-fashioned
place, naturally folks looked upon him
suspiciously.
There'd oeen a good many crimes in
the city the past few months, SO it
seemed reasonable enough not to well
come a city fellow with open arms.
Els story was that he was some
thing in charge of the movies" and
naturally that sounded fishy. We folks
like the movies" and we get some
good ones; there was a Harris Pedro
film, full of those stunts of his, draw
ing ali the town at the Strand that
week, and guess movie" folks are as
good as any. But it's a cover for a
good deal of crookedness, too.
The only person who did take to Mr..
Peterson was Kitty Hull. She fell for
him at first sight. Crazy about the pic
lures she was, and laundering after be-
ing second Mary Pickford. Kitty
ran the farm for her ma. whom she
bossed and nursed now she was be-
yond work.
Well, there was two or three fell
lows calling on Kitty There was Alb
ner Trull, and Vincent Light, and Win
Mack. They hated each other pretty
bad, but they come to hate Mr.. Peter
son worse when they called and found
Kitty sitting in the hammock, and Mr.
Peterson beside her, swinging a fan in
his lily fingers.
When it became known that he'd
offered her a tryout in the movies
things began to hum.
ut might be genuine" l said to Abe
land then again it mighten't. There
was that city fellow that lured a girl
out to Chicago and left her there. You
read about that"
Abe scowled and went away. Then
Vim came and asked my advice, and
gave it same as I'd given it to Abe
Kitty was feather-headed little thing,
but | wasn't going to sit by and see
the girls life blasted
End of it was, Abe, Vim, and Will
Mack put their heads together to save
Kitty out of Harvey Peterson's
clutches. There wasn't no use warning
Kitty. Her head had been completely
turned by the fellows city ways. Reg
.ular dude he was, walking with her to
church on Sunday in his clean collar
and city suit and shining boots, and
not over five foot four. Kitty over
topped him by couple Of inches And
there was Kitty, prouder than Pinch
of him.
"You show him up proper" I said.
Get a pot of tar and pillow of
feathers, and catch him in the quarry
tomorrow afternoon
Mr.. Harvey Peterson always took
long walk by himself as far as the old
quarry every afternoon, to think of
new ideas, he said, though l guessed
then he was planning some deviltry.
So the three of them put their heads
together and waited in the quarry
with a nice pot of warm tar and a
pillow Of feathers / was so het up
about it / could hardly keep from talk
ing, but only told Mrs. Bingham and
Laura Bayliss and-let me see-yes,
Fred Mackintyre and Mrs. Chambers
and | knew none of them would give
the game away. And about four O'Clock
got to feeling a bit lonesome, SO
started off for a ramble and before
knew where | was | found myself ap-
preaching the quarry.
And who should / see ahead of me
but just about half the population of
the town, sinking along to snoop !!
Them four had given the game away.
| always say you can't trust people
But / hadn't time to be mad, for of
a sudden there came the most blood
curdlihg screams from the quarry, and
I knew that Mr.. Harvey Peterson was
getting what was coming to him.
You can bet we all ran to see. And
what did we see? Why, Abe with a
black eye and Vim Light, his face COW
cred with blood, and VIII splitting out
IPeJu. Anu dlI IIIIGC was SOuSCI Ii
head to foot with tar and Mr.. Harvey
Peterson was standing over 'em and
emptying feathers on them.
And near him stood Kitty, laughing
fit to explodei
Then Mr. Peterson turns and makes
a funny sort of little bow, and all at
once some one yells out:
"By Heck. Harris Pedro!''
That's who it was-none other than
Harris Pedro himself, as any one might
nave known when they saw him make
that cute little shuttle and bow, like he
does on the films. And in a minute
everyone was roaring and doubling up,
Harvey takes Kitty by the hand.
Ladies and gents" he says, "after
this unrehearsed little comedy, permit
me to introduce you to Miss Kate Hull.
the new star of the Pedro company,
and the particular star-to-be of the
osay,