ods acting for the movies than down in some stuffy theater in this
warm weather."

"Did Mr. Porter tell you what a grand hero he is, Miss Wadsworth?" asked
Della Ford, turning to Jessie. "Oh, he's just the grandest hero I ever
met!" and she beamed on Dave.

"Come now, Miss Ford, please don't mention it again," expostulated Dave.
"I didn't do so very much, and you know it."

"Isn't saving my life a good deal?" demanded the young actress, archly.

"Oh, I don't mean that. What I mean is that anybody could have done what
I did."

"But you did it, young man, and you ought to have credit for it," put in
Mrs. Ford, bluntly. "It was certainly a brave thing to do."

"It was; and I shall never cease to thank Mr. Porter for it," went on
Della Ford, and she gave Dave another warm look, at which he blushed
more than ever.

This look was not lost on Jessie; and she bit her lip in a way that
showed she was not altogether pleased. Then Mr. Appleby, the manager of
the moving-picture company, came forward, followed by several others.

"This certainly is a surprise!" said the manager. "First we meet on the
Atlantic Ocean, and next in the heart of the Adirondacks."

"It's like some of your changes in the movies," answered Dave, smiling.
"You show us a shipwreck, and then, presto! you transfer us to an office
in Wall Street. You must have to jump around pretty lively to get all
the scenes of a drama."

"We don't take just one drama," explained Mr. Appleby. "We sometimes do
half a dozen or more. For instance, while we are up here we are going to
take the outdoor scenes to fifteen or twenty dramas. Then we'll go back
to the city and finish up with a number of interiors."

"Wouldn't you like to be a moving-picture actor, Mr. Porter?" asked
Della Ford, eagerly. "You could go into a nautical rescue scene very
nicely."

"There you go again, Miss Ford!" returned Dave. "Just the same, it must
be some fun being in a moving picture."

"Oh, Dave, don't you go into any moving picture," interrupted Jessie,
quickly.

"Why, what would be the harm?" he questioned.

"Oh, no particular harm, I suppose. Only I shouldn't like it," she
answered, in a low tone.

"You might get into our next scene," went on Della Ford, ignoring
Jessie's remark. "We are going to have one that will show several canoes
besides the motor-boat tied up at the dock around the bend."

"Well, I'll think about it," answered Dave, hesitatingly; and then he
went on to M