CHAPTER V.
A THRILLING RESCUE "It must be fine to be an actress," said Patsy Doyle, with enthusiasm.
"If I had the face or the figure or the ability--all of which I sadly lack--I'd be an actress myself." "I suppose," replied Maud Stanton, thoughtfully, "it is as good a profession for a girl as any other.

But the life is not one of play, by any means.

We work very hard during the rehearsals and often I have become so weary that I feared I would drop to the ground in sheer exhaustion.

Flo did faint, once or twice, during our first engagement with the Pictograph Company; but we find our present employers more considerate, and we have gained more importance than we had in the beginning." "It is dreadfully confining, though," remarked Florence, with a sigh.
"Our hours are worse than those of shopgirls, for the early morning sun is the best part of the day for our work.

Often we are obliged to reach the studio at dawn.