E-text prepared by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Cori Samuel, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net/) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustration. See 19969-h.htm or 19969-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/9/9/6/19969/19969-h/19969-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/9/9/6/19969/19969-h.zip) THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS AT OAK FARM Or Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays by LAURA LEE HOPE Author Of "The Moving Picture Girls," "The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound," "The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale," "The Bobbsey Twins," Etc. Illustrated [Illustration: A BULL CAME RUSHING THROUGH THE CORN. _Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm_.--_Page_ 54.] The World Syndicate Publishing Co. Cleveland New York Made in U. S. A. Copyright, 1914, by Grosset & Dunlap Press of The Commercial Bookbinding Co. Cleveland CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I FILMING A SMASH 1 II A MISSING DOG 11 III ON TO THE FARM 20 IV A QUEER PROPOSAL 29 V SANDY'S STORY 36 VI THE BUTTING BULL 45 VII THE PLAY OF THE HOSE 55 VIII IN THE OLD BARN 64 IX THE RESCUE 70 X THE BARN DANCE 79 XI THE RUNAWAY MOWING MACHINE 89 XII THE MAN WITH THE LIMP 97 XIII ON GUARD 107 XIV AN UPSET 114 XV THE LONELY CABIN 124 XVI THE MAN AND THE UMBRELLA 132 XVII IN THE WOODS 141 XVIII GOING TO SCHOOL 151 XIX FILMING THE BEES 158 XX THAT MAN 166 XXI A CHASE 174 XXII CAUGHT 181 XXIII THE MONEY BOX 193 XXIV EXPLANATIONS 203 XXV THE FIRE FILM 208 THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS AT OAK FARM CHAPTER I FILMING A SMASH "All aboard for Oak Farm!" "Are we all here; nobody missing?" "What a relief to get out of the hot city, with summer coming on!" "Yes, I'm so glad we can go!" These were only a few of the expressions that came from a motley assemblage of persons as they stood in a train shed in Hoboken, one June morning. Motley indeed was the gathering, and more than one traveler paused to give a second look at the little group. Perhaps a brief list of them may not be out of place. There were four pretty girls, two of the innocent type that can so easily forget their own good looks; two not so ingenuous, fully aware that they had certain charms, and anxious that they be given full credit for them.