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The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms
Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida

The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida

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The
Moving Picture Girls
Under the Palms

OR

Lost in the Wilds of Florida

BY

Laura Lee Hope

AUTHOR OF "THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS," "THE MOVING PICTURE GIRLS AT OAK FARM," "THE BOBBSEY TWINS SERIES," "THE OUTDOOR GIRLS 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


CONTENTS

CHAPTER
 
PAGE
 
I   Overboard 1
II   To the Rescue 11
III   A Disquieting Item 18
IV   Fire on Board 28
V   Disabled 37
VI   By Wireless 46
VII   In Port 54
VIII   St. Augustine 63
IX   In the Dungeon 70
X   The Motor Races 80
XI   On to Lake Kissimmee 88
XII   A Warning 96
XIII   Out in the Boat 104
XIV   Under the Palms 113
XV   In Peril 119
XVI   A Strange Attack 129
XVII   Out of a Tree 139
XVIII   The Animated Logs 147
XIX   Into the Wilds 157
XX   Lost 164
XXI   The Long Night 172
XXII   Ashore 180
XXIII   The Palm Hut 186
XXIV   The Lost Are Found 195
XXV   Out of the Wilds 203

CHAPTER I

OVERBOARD

"All ready now! In position, everyone!"

Half a score of actors and actresses moved quickly to their appointed places, while overhead, and at the sides of them hissed powerful electric lights, and in front of them stood a moving picture camera, ready to be operated by a pleasant-faced young man.

"Ready?" came in questioning tones from Mr. Pertell, the stage director, as he looked sharply from one to the other.

A tall, well-built man, with iron-gray hair, nodded, but did not speak.

"Let her go, Russ!" Mr. Pertell exclaimed.

"Vait! Vait a minute!" called one of the actors, with a pronounced German accent.

"Well, what's the matter now, Mr. Switzer?" asked the director, with a touch of impatience.

"I haf forgotten der imbortant babers dot I haf to offer mine enemy in dis play. I must have der babers."

"Gracious, I should say so!" said the manager. "Where's Pop Snooks?" and he

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