The Moving Picture Weekly (1916-1917)

■THE MOVING PICTURE WEEKLY ■17 laughs at her disappointment because the story is continued. She becomes very angry at the newcomer's laugh and thinks it is in ridicule. While Vaughan and the hotel keeper are talking, Abner Clark, on his way for provisions, stops to chat and hears the newcomer called Mr. McAndrews. He recalls his old friend of other days and asks if he is the son of Wainwright McAndrews. Their acquaintance is renewed and Abner ■will have it that Vaughan must come and stay with him. The latter gladly agi'ees. Wallace Harrison, an artist from the city, is also staying in the mountains to paint and his camp is located overlooking the beautiful lake. Jude, still angry at the newcomer, wanders to his camp and watches him paint in wild-eyed surprise. He is amazed at the wonderful pose she is holding and asks her to pose for him. He offers her fifty dollars, and she finally agrees. Harrison treats her like a child and they soon become friends. Jude returns home to find Vau|:han installed in her room. She does not like him and is very angry at the idea of the newcomer, "who laffed at her," adding to his sins by taking her room. Abner finally makes the two known to each other and they recall the friendship of their youth. Vaughan then tells her how sorry he is that he laughed at her and the reserve between them melts. Jude has been accustomed to take life easy. Her father does all the cooking, and naturally the house is in an imtidy condition. Jude sees how Vaughan looks at things and decides to take charge of the house herself. Happy days follow. Dave presses Jude to set the day for their wedding, but she puts him off.. The picture is almost finished and Jude thinks with pleasure of the money she is to have. One day the "Judge" returns to the lake with some samples of ore and he and Dave get into an argument. Dave is about to hit the old man when Vaughan enters and jumps on Dave. They fight, but old Abner comes in and separates them. He makes Dave shake hands with Vaughan, but the former leaves with anger in his heart and vowing vengeance against the man that knocked ===== him dowTi. The "Judge" sees Jude's growing interest in Vaughan and one day he tells him frankly that he is trying to break up a happy home. Vaughan realizes to what end her interest in him may lead and manages to show her the picture of Victoria as his fiancee. The blow is a hard one for Jude and she seeks the solitude for comfort. At last the painting is finished and Jude sees it for the first time. It shows her posing on the rocks and her body is partly undraped. In an angry rage she sees that the artist CAST. Jude Clark Myrtle Gonzalez Vaughan McAndrews Val Paul Judge West George Hernandez Wallace Harrison Bertram Grassby Dave Bean Fred Church Victoria Harlowe Ruby Cox Wainwright McAndrews, Jack Connelly Slim Perkins Bobby Mack Emeline McAndrews....Mary Du Cello Abner Clark Jack Curtis Abner rises from his sick bed to take charge of the affair. "Eat your dinner nicely," said Jude to the owl. has drawn on his imagination for the undraped figure, and she smashes the canvas. Harrison mends the torn canvas and sends it to the city. One day Jude has a sudden spurt of energy and cleans the house from top to bottom. She also takes charge of the kitchen and becomes a housekeeper in truth. Vaughan makes the acquaintance of HaiTison, and the latter invites him to come over and bunk with him any time he wants ^^^==^= a change. In spite of his effort to kill Jude's interest in him Vaughan begins to realize that he thinks more of her than he ought, as the fiance of Victoria. To avoid Jude, he calls on Harrison. On the way Dave ?ittacks him, intending to kill him, but Vaughan beats him and takes his gun from him. Dave goes, vowing to kill Vaughan if he doesn't leave. Vaughan goes to Harrison's camp and is shown the picture of Jude. He asks if she posed for it and the artist tells him yes. He can hardly believe it and as ■ he starts to go Jude rushes in. She has come to warn the artist that Dave will kill him. Vaughan angrily shows her the picture and asks if she posed for it. Her love tells her that she must get Vaughan away, and she says she posed for the picture, knowing that Vaughan will go and thus avoid Dave. He leaves in anger, telling Jude it is because of the posing and not of the threats of Dave. Upon his return Vaughan finds that the bulk of his father's fortune went to pay his numerous debts and there is very little left. His aunt offers to settle an income upon him, but he refuses this, as he has long wished to strike out for himself. He throws himself into the work to try to forget Jude. Upon learning of his loss of fortune, he offers to release Victoria from their engagement and she agrees that it will be best. Abner falls sick, and Jude goes to Harrison's camp to ask for the fifty dollars she previously refused, in order to take her father to the hospital. Dave goes to the cabin and sees Jude receive the money. He thinks the worst of her, and when her father succumbs to his illness she is left alone. The "Judge" takes charge of her, and they strike gold. Vaughan prospers in the city, and learns from the stage driver that he has misjudged Jude. He writes to her, offering to go to Lost Lake if she will forgive him. She answers, begging him to come, but the "Judge" puts the letter in his pocket and forgets it. The course of true love, however, runs smooth at last, and Jude and Vaughan are brought together by the machinations of the "Judge." The picture fades out on Jude's favorite seat at Lost Lake with the two in fond embrace.