Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-17
CHAPTER VII
A Movie Wedding
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The scene was rough log cabin
the windows of which were banked with
snow. Gloria stood in the center of the room
facing the large Kliegs that were leveed on
her in a battery of glazing white light She
wore rough mountain Clothes and Rolf Tenn
pleton who stood beside her, looked strange
ly picturesque with his flannel shirt opened
at the throat and his romantic high boots
Templeton was frankly piqued at Glorias
air of indifference. He had expected her to-.
thank him for giving her this chance to play
with him, to be properly grateful that he
might sWagger a little. But Gloria had done
nothing of the kind. To be sure, she had
murmured some conventional words about
hoping to make good in her part, but there
had been no humbling of herself, and she
had made no opening for Rolf to patronize
her.
Standing close beside him, Gloria looked
down sideways and ghmpsed Rolls hand.
The fingers of that hand were closed over
hers, and she wondered vaguely that man
with such hand as that should be spoiled
and conceited. 1t was nice hand, slender
and strong, and after gazing at it moment
her eyes swept up to the stars face
She had never been SO close to him before,
and now she noticed for the first time that
he really was extraordinarily good-looking
He had strong chin and a firm, well-chisel-
ed mouth, marred by lines of self-indulgence
around it. He turned suddenly as Gloria
stood beside him, and met her look of direct
scrutiny. There was no worship in the glance
she gave him, nor did her eyes falter before
his. She continued to look at him as she
might have looked at some strange animal,
and in that moment Rolls self-sufficency
WaVered a little. The fact that any woman
could possibly look at him with disfavor was
astounding. After all, who was this girl that
she could look at him like that? Hadn't he
given her a chance to play with him in this
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she ought to realize that without his help she
wouldn't have had chance to be here And
why didn't she like him. why did she so
frankly disapprove of him? He couldn't un-
derstand it at all
Ready for the wedding scene" bawled
Manning. "All right, Rolf, look at Miss
King, look at her hungrily, though you'd
been waiting years for her. You're strangers
and yet love has come to you at first sight
You're out in the wlds far away from the
world, the old priests visit is unexpected
Now, Mr.. Blake" turning to the man who
wore clerical garb and wig of long white
hair, open your book, read the service slow
ly and solemnly, look at the couple beng-
nantly. That's the stuff! Camera!"
Slowly the cameras began to grind and
for the time being Gloria forgot the fact that
she hated Templeton. AS if from a great dis
'tance she heard the words of the marriage
service, she hard Templeton's voice beside
her saying, II do, and she responded clearly
When 1t was her turn 1t was all so solemn
as to be almost real, and Gloria turned to
the star slowly, the directors voice ringing
in her ears.
That's right, Miss King. You adore him,
he's your man! That's the stuff, fine, fine!"
Gloria was looking straight up into Rolf
Templetons eyes. Slowly her hands were
slipping up his arms, they reached his throat
and touched it with a caress they went
around his neck and her arms chung tight
His face was bending to hers, slowly slowly.
For long moment the gray eyes looked into
the brown ones, and then his lips met hers
"Cut!''
The cameras stopped grinding
Fine bawled Manning, that was good
scene. Lots of ginger in it." He nodded at
Gloria, whose cheeks burned under the grease
paint. She was ashamed that even for a
moment she had forgotten her hatred of
Rolf Templeton.