And, after all, my art is not so wonderful. I hope I have not
exaggerated my worth to myself. I am very willing to try this new
line, and I am very glad that Alice suggested it. Only it--it was
rather a shock--at first. Now let us consider."
They talked it all over, and Alice went more into detail as to what
she had seen at the moving picture theatre. Mr. DeVere grew more and
more interested.
"It is very kind of Russ and Mr. Pertell to think of me," he said. "I
will go and see this manager to-morrow."
The interview must have been a very satisfactory one, for Mr. DeVere
returned from it with a smiling face--something he had not worn often
since the failure of his voice.
"Well, Daddy?" queried Alice, as she entered the dining room, where
she and Ruth were trying to make the most of a scanty supply of food.
"How was it?"
For answer he pulled out a roll of bills--not a large one, but of a
size to which the girls had not been accustomed of late.
"See, it is real money!" he cried, and he struck an attitude of one
of the characters in which he had successfully starred.
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