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The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound, by Laura

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Title: The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound Or, The Proof on the Film
Author: Laura Lee Hope

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THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS SNOWBOUND
Or
The Proof on the Film
by
LAURA LEE HOPE
Author of "The Moving Picture Girls," "The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm," "The Outdoor Girls Series," "The Bobbsey Twins Series," Etc.
Illustrated

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

[Illustration: THE MOVING PICTURE RACE WAS ON.
The Moving Girls Snowbound.--Page 113.]

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I TROUBLE 1
II AN UNPLEASANT VISITOR 10
III RUSS TO THE RESCUE 20
IV A FUNNY FILM 27
V A QUEER ACCIDENT 36
VI NEW PLANS 46
VII OFF TO THE WOODS 56
VIII A BREAKDOWN 63
IX THE BLIZZARD 73
X AT ELK LODGE 79
XI THROUGH THE ICE 89
XII THE CURIOUS DEER 99
XIII THE COASTING RACE 106
XIV ON SNOWSHOES 114
XV A TIMELY SHOT 124
XVI IN THE ICE CAVE 132
XVII THE RESCUE 139
XVIII SNOWBOUND 148
XIX ON SHORT RATIONS 158
XX THE THAW 166
XXI IN THE STORM 174
XXII THE THREE MEN 181
XXIII THE PLAN OF RUSS 191
XXIV THE PROOF ON THE FILM 199
XXV THE MOVING PICTURE 207

THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS SNOWBOUND
CHAPTER I
TROUBLE
"Daddy is late; isn't he, Ruth?" asked Alice DeVere of her sister, as she looked up from her sewing.
"A little," answered the girl addressed, a tall, fair maid, with deep blue eyes, in the depths of which hidden meaning seemed to lie, awaiting discovery by someone.
"A little!" exclaimed Alice, who was rather plump, and whose dark brown hair and eyes were in pleasing contrast to her sister's fairness. "Why, he's more than an hour late, and he's seldom that! He promised to be back from the moving picture studio at four, and now it's after five."
"I know, dear, but you remember he said he had many things to talk over with Mr. Pertell, and perhaps it has taken him longer than he anticipated.
"Besides you know there are some new plans to be considered," went on Ruth. "Mr. Pertell wants to get some different kinds of moving pictures--snow scenes, I believe--and perhaps he has kept daddy to talk about them. But why are you so impatient? Are you afraid something has happened to him?"
"Gracious, no! What put that idea into your head?"
"Well, I didn't know whether you had noticed it or not, but poor daddy hasn't been quite himself since we came back from Oak Farm. I am afraid something is bothering him--or worrying him."
"Perhaps it is his voice, though it has seemed better of late."
"I think not," said Ruth, slowly, as she bent her head in a listening attitude, for a step was coming along the hallway in the Fenmore Apartment, where the DeVere girls and their father had their rather limited quarters.
"That isn't he," said Ruth, with a little sigh of disappointment. "I thought at first it was. No, I don't mean that it was his voice, Alice. That really seems better since he so suddenly became hoarse, and had to take up moving picture work instead of the legitimate drama he loves so much. It is some other trouble, Alice."
"I hadn't noticed it, I confess. But I suppose you'll say that I'm so flighty I never notice anything."
"I never called you flighty, dear. You are of a lively disposition, that's all."
"And you are a wee bit too much the other way, sister mine!" And then, to take any sting out of the words, Alice rose from her chair with a bound, crossed the room in a rush, and flung her arms about her sister, embracing her heartily and kissing her.
"Oh, Alice!" protested the other. "You are crushing me!"
"I'm a regular bear, I suppose. Hark, is that daddy?"
They both listened, but the footsteps died away as before.
"Why are you so anxious?"
"I want some money, sister mine, and daddy promised to bring my moving picture salary up with him. I wanted to do a little shopping before the stores close. But I'm afraid it's too late now," the girl added, ruefully. "Daddy said he'd be here in plenty of time, and he never disappointed me before."
"Oh, if that's all you're worrying about, I'll lend you some money."
"Will you, really? Then