The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays: Or, The Sham Battles at Oak FarmHope, Laura Lee
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The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays: Or, The Sham Battles at Oak Farm
Hope, Laura Lee
Girls -- Juvenile fiction; Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Juvenile fiction
And with that, before the wondering eyes of the nurse, of Alice and of
Ruth, Estelle Brown--no--Mildred Passamore, turned over and calmly went
to sleep!
For an instant those in the hospital room neither moved nor spoke. Then
Alice cried:
"That solves it! That ends the mystery! I'll go and get the paper."
"What paper?" asked Ruth.
"Don't you remember? The old paper that I wrapped my scout shoes in when
we were packing to come to Oak Farm. The one that father saved because
it had a theatrical notice of him in it.
"It was that four-year-old paper which contained an account of the
strange disappearance of the wealthy San Francisco girl, Mildred
Passamore. Don't you remember? There was a reward of ten thousand
dollars offered for her discovery."
"Oh, I do remember!" gasped Ruth. "And this is she!"
"Must be!" declared Alice. "She says that's her name. And from what she
told us she can, as Estelle Brown, think back only about four years. She
must have received some injury that took away her memory. Now she is
herself again.
"Ruth, I believe we have found the missing Mildred Passamore! We must
tell daddy at once, and Mr. Pertell. Then we must telegraph Mr.
Passamore. I'll get his address from the old paper. But the Palace
Hotel, San Francisco, will reach him, I presume. Oh, isn't it all
wonderful!"
"It certainly is," agreed Ruth.
They gave one glance at the sleeping girl--Mildred or Estelle--and then
went out, while Miss Lyon summoned Dr. Wherry to acquaint him with the
strange turn of the case.
"Mildred Passamore found! How wonderful!" exclaimed Mr. DeVere, when his
daughters told him what had happened. "But we must make sure. It would
be a sad affair if we sent word to the father, and it turned out that
this girl was not his daughter. We must make sure."
Alice got out the old paper. It contained a description of the missing
Mildred Passamore, and in another newspaper dated a few days before the
one Alice had used as a wrapper for her shoes (another paper which Mr.
DeVere had saved because of a notice in it) was a picture of the girl.
"It is she! Our girl--the one we knew as Estelle Brown--is Mildred
Passamore!" cried Alice as she looked at the picture in the paper.
"There is no doubt of it," agreed Ruth, and Mr. DeVere affirmed his
daughters' opinions.
Mr. Pertell was told of the occurrence, and, being a good judge of
pictures and persons, he decided there was no doubt as to the identity.
"We will telegraph to Mr. Passamore at once," decided the director.
The crisis--for such it was in the case of the injured girl--seemed to
mark a turn for the better. She slept nearly forty-eight hours,
awakening only to take a little nourishment. Then she slept again. She
did not again mention any names, nor, in fact, anything else. Her
friends could only wait for the arrival of Mr. Passamore to have him
make sure of the identity.
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