Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West

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"It's wonderful!" exclaimed Patsy. "How did they get the picture, do

you suppose?"

"They have camera-men everywhere, looking for some picture worth while."

explained Mrs. Montrose. "If there's a fire, the chances are a camera-man

is on the spot before the firemen arrive. If there's an accident, it is

often caught by the camera before the victim realizes what has happened.

Perhaps a camera-man has been at the beach for weeks, waiting patiently

for some tragedy to occur. Anyway, he was on hand yesterday and quietly

ran his film during the excitement of the rescue. He was in rare luck to

get Maud, because she is a favorite with the public; but it was not fair

to connect her name with the picture, when they know she is employed by

the Continental."

Young Jones rose from his chair with a gesture of weariness.

"If you will excuse me," he said, "I will go to my room. Our little

conversation has given me much pleasure; I'm so alone in the world.

Perhaps you will allow me to join you again--some other time?"

They hastened to assure him his presence would always be welcome. Patsy

even added, with her cheery smile, that they felt a certain

proprietorship in him since they had dragged him from a watery grave. The

boy showed, as he walked away, that he was not yet very steady on his

feet, but whether the weakness was the result of his malady or his recent

trying experience they could not determine.

"What staggers me," said Maud, looking after him, "is the effect his name

had on Goldstein, who has little respect or consideration for anyone. Who

do you suppose A. Jones is?"

"Why, he has told us," replied Louise. "He is an islander, on his first

visit to this country."

"He must be rather more than that," declared Arthur. "Do you remember

what the manager said to him?"

"Yes," said Beth. "He had heard that A. Jones was in this neighborhood,

but had never met him. A. Jones was a person of sufficient importance

to make the general manager of the Continental Film Company tremble in

his boots.

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