Russ got "the proof on the film" and when this moving picture was shown
privately it caused Dan Merley's lawyer to say:
"You win! We are beaten!" And Mr. DeVere was at ease after that.
Many beautiful films were made at Elk Lodge, and some wonderful pictures
of snow and ice scenes resulted from the trip to the backwoods. Then the
company returned to New York, and now we find them _en route_ for
Florida, when the accident to Mr. Towne occurred.
Mr. DeVere and his two daughters lived in the Fenmore Apartment house, in
New York City. Across the hall lived Mrs. Sarah Dalwood, and her sons,
Russ and Billy, the latter aged about twelve. The Dalwoods and the
DeVeres became very friendly, and Russ thought there never was a girl
like Ruth. Paul Ardite, the younger leading man of the Comet Film
Company, thought the same thing of Alice.
Frank Pertell was the manager and chief owner of the film company. He had
a large studio in New York, where all indoor scenes of the plays were
enacted, and where the films were made for rental to the various chains
of moving picture theaters throughout the country.
He engaged many actors and actresses, but only the principal ones with
whom the stories are concerned will be recounted.
Wellington Bunn and Pepper Sneed were the ones who made the most trouble
for the manager.
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