There'll be a lot of good Western stuff in this--Buck Benson stuff, you know, that you can do so well--and the girl will get out there some way and tell you that her brother finally confessed his crime, and everything'll be Jake, see what I mean ?" "Yes, sir; it sounds fine, Mr.Baird.And I certainly will give the best that is in me to this part." He had an impulse to tell the manager, too, how gratified he was that one who had been content with the low humour of the Buckeye comedies should at last have been won over to the better form of photodrama.

But Baird was leading him on to the set; there was no time for this congratulatory episode.
Indeed the impulse was swept from his mind in the novelty of the set now exposed, and in the thought that his personality was to dominate it.

The scene of the little drama's unfolding was a delicatessen shop.

Counters and shelves were arrayed with cooked foods, salads, cheeses, the latter under glass or wire protectors.

At the back was a cashier's desk, an open safe beside it.