New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-11
THE CAME-LUNA,
TRAVELLING WITH A TRIPOD.

name without appearance Of deep consciousness, az
If in the presence of the highest science. She some
! times told me humby thai she had never expected
+ to see came-luna with her own eyes And was
that IL. Was ! sure that was IT, that little boxIooh-
Ing thing And just aimed It aud then snapped 1t OIL
Wall, really 1t was just as wonderful as some OF them
things they used do in times Of the witchcrah'
She had taken her hands from tub Of soap sudS she
sopping off the suds with towel aud looking at
me.
10 may have been guessed that she referred TO
camera in these remarks. She clasped the towel more
closely and glanced obliquely Maria If that
little girl where the instrument might do her any
| damage In her secret heart l convinced that
Mrs. Bennett, for the first week two, believed that
| this a thing that would explode. Maria must be
protected for one could guess when the explosion
would take place. On this subject Maria from the
very first disagreed in the most violent manner with
her mother She said Indignantly that the boz
wouldn't hurt nobody. She could not be kept away
| from 1t. would sometimes find her standing
spellbOund before it, occasionally touching 1t with the
| tip of a finger.
| You en- take things with itl' she said, in an
awed whisper Same's that man did in Farnham
when he put blanket his head and KEEP peekn'
n amin!'
answered | hoped I could take things when had
learned how. Maria jumped up and down.
Take me :" she cried out. - IN then can hn
Rhody Pollard that I'VE been taken m she aint.
They've got three boarders, m aint got but one,
m take things, IN theirs cant"
This was a glory and distinction which had not
expected.
The days in the Pollard neIghborhood, notwthstand-
ing the quetness and the scenery, had grown very
long after the first month. Indeed, with breakfast az
6 they had never been short There no CONVEX
sation to enlven them. / had read all my novels.
often used to 60 and sit by the kitchen table where
Mrs. Bennett rolled out pecrust. 1t seemed to me she
was always rolling pie crust, pushing the pies into the
oven, taking them out with much behoufe"
holder7 There a row of warm pies on the
under shelf in the butlery every forenoon. con-
slant odor Of cooking crust, and hot apple or buckle
berry, filled the house.
once when she was, she said, Jest bear OUT,
she conhdcd these remarks
81 d. knows | should done no better II I'd mar
RED William Morse in Burnt Swamp, but do
know shouldn't had to make so many pies, for they
say ho don't if he don't see one for week 10
time Now 'Ijah's Jest completely broken up if he
don't have at least one kind on the table to every
meal. and frequent wants two kinds.
like UNI my self but there be times when my back
aches so I'd rather go without than make
em But what Of it? 'I.ijah can't make out Ter meal
of victlals II he don't have his piece Of pe.'
When she had reached this stage In her words, Mrs.
Bennet rested one end of the rolng-pn the table
and leaned upon It as she fixed her weary eyes i'll
ently on me.
"'N' l tell you one thlng,' she said, an you
mari, my words Don't you never 90 m expect
to live with er man less you git him the victualS
ne likes Make up your mind TO that If you DON'T
youu be iawin' together, else he'll be tryin' to
get 'er bill; any way, he'll want Ter bill'
She put down her rolling pin with great vigor on
TO the attened paste before her, and passed 1t rapidly
back and forth.
IL d'knowp she went on. as a lack Of pies would
be reason IN law for BILL but guess It would Any
way if | was you. l wouldn't resk IT, shant resh
# myself 'INah's good IS they run, l s'pose,
m amt fndn' no fault Only do sometimes wish
could have a vacation on piemaAn''
This was one of the days when Mrs Bennets back
ached At other times she took more cheerfui view
Of life. and this particular article OIL det re'eu 'l'o
the background of her thoughts
When 7 was carried over to the bit Of a railroad
station which stood on a lonely hill miles away, that
might 20 to Boston. Mrs. Bennett shared Maria
excitement concerning cOma-lma' lheS Aiio"
was going TO get In my ignorance PROMISED
~ takes their house. themselves, the dog and cat ara
horse separatcy and in groups. When l gave this
nrn,nIse had never made any attempt at
photography. l had only read the directions "nch
are kindly and lucidly given to amateurs
I was so blinded that l thought l could locus
and develop and tone.' 1t was all very easy. |
explained It TO the Bcnnets. told them would
make pictures from every point OF view. shoulo
want dark place but as didn't wish TO make ooo
much trouble would the kitchen in tho evening
There was tho pump and could have plenty Of water
understood there could not be too much water
used in amateur photography. Perhaps Maria womb
helm darben the kitchen to pitch backness one ray
Of white light was utter ruin In this way
complacently explained the art
Maria enthusiastically declared that she would make
the kitchen the darkest place in the wofd. but
how was | TO see to do the pictures" The req
.L;,lrt "a
formidable thoughts concerning that red Hght
and convinced that in their minds it was Ike the
bnrner on a locomotive, save that II was read.
They were all IN the covered wagon at the staiOn
when /, the only passenger aliShted seehcu u No
not only buriened but covered with my photograph
anparatus | was certain the train would dart away
before could possibly get all the packages out
had not been able decide to allow one OF them 10
come by express to be checked was 100
anxious 1 was in the full height Of the amateur |
fever.
There was the camera. which had the appearance OF
a compact trunk, about foot and half long Oy nan
As vlde That l held by its handle hah ulc pneS
full consciousness every moment that IL "oui TON"
" instantaneous" as well "a time' pictures h''
not thought of anything else on the way out Cnuer
tho arm which also held the camera had the ulpoL
Have Won ever travelled much with a tripod |
This was nv first trip In such company |
OF course know not what the inme
has in stor, for me-. but humDiy /
hone shall not be condemned to many journeys Win
a 1ipod. and if I must travel with one won" pray |
that It's legs might be fastened together securely
When my tripod wrapped about III brown paper !
for its thin into the country, the wrapping was done
bv y bov who either did not know of what tripod /
yas capabe and thus snned through ignorance or he
did know and was william He took no pans WIN
the string and had not found my seat in the car
before was aware that something was wrong. As !
had besides the and the three-legged thihs'
a package Of time plates and one OF quick pia'es
.rooI 90 eensitized paper. ditto Of blue paper
teboarl box which held hypO' in crystal and IN
sat,,ratc solution, some pyro and-but l need not
enumerate further. not going to be one Of those
vim take plcture and then send the plate to photog