In fact, she seemed a good deal relieved
that kind friends had been raised for Inez.
The party arrived at the new picture palace to find a goodly crowd
already assembled at the entrance. On this opening night there was a good
deal of local interest shown, and the first picture was being finished
when Nan Sherwood and her friends crowded into their seats.
"That's a good picture, I warrant," Walter said. "We want to stay and see
that run over again. Ah-ha! here comes a Keynote Comedy. That will be a
funny one, sure."
"I like to laugh," announced Inez, with her most serious air. "But I
ain't never had much time for it."
"You poor little mite," said Bess. "I should say you hadn't. But you'll
laugh all right when you get home with us to Tillbury. Won't she, Nan?"
"Of course she will," agreed Nan, squeezing the little one close to her.
They did not, however, laugh much at the picture which followed. The
reels did not seem to run very evenly. Either the operator was not an
experienced one or there was something the matter with the machine. The
flash-card, "Wait a minute, please," appeared so frequently on the screen
that the audience began to murmur, and some got up and went out.
There were others ready to take their places, and this continual changing
of positions in the half-darkness of the house made a confusion that was
hard to bear.
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