Patty And Azalea by Carolyn Wells

"Yes, I'll tell you the whole story," Azalea repeated, addressing / herself to Farnsworth, but glancing now and then at the others.

"On my way East, I met Mr. and Mrs. Bixby on the train. They were / pleasant people and Mrs. Bixby was very kind to me in many ways. Then, I / learned that they were in the moving-picture business, and as I wanted / to act myself, I cultivated their acquaintance all I could. And by the / time we reached New York Mr. Bixby had agreed to give me a trial at his / studio. He said I had the right type of face for the screen and if I / could learn to act, my Western life had fitted me for some certain parts / they were just then in need of. So I went in for it, -- and I got along / all right. Then they wanted a little baby in the picture and as I was so / fond of Fleurette and loved her too much to let any harm come to her, I / thought it all right to take her over there once or twice to get the / pictures of her. But one of the films went wrong, somehow, and Mr. / Merritt was determined to take it over again. I wouldn't allow it, / because I found out how Patty felt about Baby being in it, -- so I / refused. Now, I don't suppose you know how insistent the picture people / are about any scene they want. They go to any lengths to get them. I've / heard Mr. Bixby say, 'Get the picture if it kills the leading man! ' And / though he doesn't mean that literally I think he would do anything short / of murder to get his picture. Well, they thought that the whole reel was / spoiled because one scene with Fleurette in it wasn't right. And they / were bound to have her over there again."