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The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms - Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida by Laura Lee Hope
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"Lots of people drink the water," he said. "Allow me," and he lowered a
small bucket attached to a rope made fast to the roof of the well.

He drew it up, brimming over, and with a low bow handed some of the water
to Alice, pouring it into a small collapsible cup he happened to have
with him.

"Drink! And may you never grow old!" he said, and there was more of
meaning in his eyes than in his words.

"We'll all sample it!" cried Russ, and as Ruth was induced, just for the
fun of the thing, to try some, they heard the murmur of voices behind
them.

"Save some for us!" was the call, and Miss Pennington and Miss Dixon came
up.

"We'll all be young together," said Alice. Though she and her sister were
not very chummy with the two former vaudeville actresses, they were not
exactly unfriendly. And who could be unfriendly in that beautiful spot,
and on the reputed site of the Fountain of Youth?

"The more you drink the younger you get!" bantered Paul, as Miss Dixon
asked him for a second cup.

"Gracious, then I'll turn into a baby," exclaimed Miss Pennington. "I've
been here once before this morning, and I took several glasses."

"Back to juvenile rĂ´les for yours!" cried Russ. "Mr. Pertell will have to
look for another leading lady."
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