When the movies were young (1925)

CUDDEBACKVILLE 12 5 the piano, had a sentimental turn ; he liked 'The Little Grey Home in the West" kind of song, but the future producer of movie comedies was not so sentimentally disposed. As long as harmony reigned in the camp of Johnson and Sennett, there were tuneful evenings for the musically inclined. But every now and then Sennett would get miffed about something and never a do-re-mi would be got out of him, and when Arthur's nerves could stand the strain no longer, he'd burst forth to the assemblage, "I wouldn't mind if he'd fuss with me, but this silence thing gets my goat." Those who cared not for the Song Festival could join Jeanie Macpherson who, out in the dining-room, would be supervising stunts in the world of black magic. Here Tony O'Sullivan could always be found. He told hair-raising ghost stories and wound up the evening's fun by personally conducting a tour through the cemetery. The cemetery lay just beyond the apple orchard, and along the canal bank to the back of the Inn. Now were the moon bright, the touring party might get a glint of lovers paddling by. Arrived back at the Inn, they might greet the "Red Devil" returning with a small exclusive party from the Goddefroys — Mr. Griffith and Miss Arvidson, Mr. Powell and Miss Hicks. There was just one little touch of sin. Secluded in an outbuilding some of the boys played craps, sometimes losing all their salary before they got it. One of the men finally brought this wicked state of affairs to Mr. Griffith's attention, and there were no more crap games. In front of Caudebec Inn the "Red Devil" is snorting and getting impatient to be started on her way to the station, for the actors are strolling down the road ahead of her.