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Francis J. Finn. Bobby in Movieland
Bobby in Movieland
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. IN WHICH THE FIRST CHAPTER IS WITHIN A LITTLE OF BEING THE LAST
CHAPTER II. TENDING TO SHOW THAT MISFORTUNES NEVER COME SINGLY
CHAPTER III. IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS
CHAPTER IV. MRS. VERNON ALL BUT ABANDONS HOPE
CHAPTER V. A NEW WAY OF BREAKING INTO THE MOVIES
CHAPTER VI. BOBBY ENDEAVORS TO SHOW THE ASTONISHED COMPTON HOW TO BEHAVE
CHAPTER VII. THE END OF A DAY OF SURPRISES
CHAPTER VIII. BOBBY MEETS AN ENEMY ON THE BOULEVARD AND A FRIEND IN THE LANTRY STUDIO
CHAPTER IX. SHOWING THAT IMITATION IS NOT ALWAYS THE SINCEREST FLATTERY, AND RETURNING TO THE MISADVENTURES OF BOBBY’S MOTHER
CHAPTER X. BOBBY, ASSISTED BY PEGGY, DEMONSTRATES A METHOD OF OBSERVING SILENCE, AND CELEBRATES A RED-LETTER DAY
CHAPTER XI. THE END OF ONE SCENARIO AND THE OUTLINING OF COMPTON’S GREAT IDEA
CHAPTER XII. BOBBY BECOMES FAMOUS OVERNIGHT
CHAPTER XIII. BERNADETTE’S TEMPERAMENT DELAYS THE SCENARIO, AND MRS. VERNON MAKES TWO CHILDREN HAPPY
CHAPTER XIV. MRS. VERNON ATTENDS A MOVING-PICTURE SHOW AND FINDS IN IT A GREAT LESSON UNTHOUGHT OF BY THE AUTHOR
CHAPTER XV. COMPTON’S GREAT SCENARIO IS FINISHED NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON
CHAPTER XVI. CONTAINING NOTHING BUT HAPPY EXPLANATIONS AND A STILL HAPPIER LOVE SCENE
CHAPTER XVII. THE FOUR CHILDREN AROUSE SUSPICION, UNTIL WITH THE MOST MOMENTOUS EVENT IN THIS NARRATIVE, ALL IS MADE CLEAR
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Francis J. Finn
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“And,” continued Barbara, when the porter had placed a second pillow under her head, “with all his melancholy, he is so kind and so good!”
“I don’t understand,” commented the Italian. Again the depth of this remark was lost upon Barbara. For Mrs. Sansone knew much of the gossip concerning the great comedian. She knew that he had figured in many episodes which, to say the least, were anything but savory. And now she had met the man in a few intimate moments and seen him kind, gentle, gracious, and with a reverence for a good woman and a good woman’s prayers that had filled her with a feeling akin to awe. As she ministered lovingly to Barbara she meditated upon these opposing truths, and so meditating took a new lesson in the school of experience, a lesson the fruits of which are wisdom.
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