shudder as they penetrated deeper and deeper into the forest, for Mr.
Pertell wanted a certain background.

"It _is_ lonesome," agreed Alice. "Whenever I get to a place like this I
think of those two missing girls."

"So do I! Isn't it too bad about them? I wonder if they can have been
found by this time?"

"Let us hope so," said Alice, in a low voice.

It took some little time to arrange for making this new film, and in the
first scenes neither Ruth nor Alice were required. They wandered off to
one side, remaining within call, however.

"There's an orchid!" exclaimed Alice, as she pointed to a beautiful
bloom, clinging to a tree. Seemingly it drew its nourishment from the air
alone.

"How beautiful!" remarked Ruth. "I wonder if we could get it?"

"I can climb the tree," declared her sister. "I have on an old skirt.
I'll get it."

She did, after some little difficulty, and as she was bringing it to
Ruth, Alice looked through an opening between the trees, and exclaimed:

"Oh, there are Tommy and Nellie. They are after flowers too, for they
each have a handful. But I must call to them. They should not wander too
far away."