Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-07

daughter :" asked Mrs. Best, with q
annoyed look. II really don't Xix
the idea of your tramping around tn
country carrying camera"
They put them up for carryin
very nicely now. mamma" answere
Kate. "And can't think of anythin
else until have tried this thoroughly.
They all knew how determine,
Kate could be, when she set her min,
to one way, SO no more was just then.
The next day came, and Kate, a
she had said, went to the dealers il
Photographic goods, and had lonI
consultation with one of the senio
partners.
The result was, that she purchased
a full equipment for taking pictures
for twenty dollars, and ordered it sen
home.
The next day Kate was very busy
at home. She practiced all day tax
ing negatives of everybody and every
thing in the house. except Laura. whc
stubbornly refused to be taken. The
cat and the dog came in, and black
Betty in the kitchen was thrown into
state of ecstacy by having her like
ness took" while Ella, who good ma
turedly lent her aid to the. new pro
ject, appeared in every position and
costume imaginable.
When she had plenty of negatives
Kate waited until night, and then de.
veloped them all at once, finding to
her delight, that she had met with ex-
cellent success.
After a week s practice, she thought
herself ready to start out. So, with
full instructions from her dealer,
carrying the neatly polished camera
case and tripod in her hand, she step
ped from the train at pretty country
village twenty miles from the city.
1t was neither pleasant nor easy for
Kate to leave her sheltered home and
brave the world alone. But her work
was necessity, and she tried not to
shrink, and be prepared to face dis
agreeables.
She carried her light stock in trade
until she came near very pretty
house and noted point from which
she could get an attractive view.
She stopped, unfolded her tripod,
and was placing her camera upon it,
when a slovenly woman came to the
door, and asked her what she was
about.
81 am going to take picture Of
your beautiful home, with your per-
mission" was Hates polite reply.
"Well, We can jest bundle up and
leave the way We came," called out
the woman. eve don't want no fe-
male tramps gallavantin' round
here !"
Hates face redeemed, but without a
word she quietly closed her camera,
folded her tripod, and walked away.
"Not very favorable beginning"
she SAID to herself. "Wouldn't Laura
laugh I? Never mind. They laugh
best who laugh last 1t may be my
turn yet"
She walked on until she was just at
the very edge of the village, and saw
a coy country house, with an elderly
man trimming the lawn with a now
err.
Kate stopped, addressed him polite
ly, and asked is she could be allowed
to take picture of his place.
"Well, l reckon So" he kindly an
swered. ut won't hurt us any. as /
know on"
Thank YOU" said Kate, smiling.
And as she set up her camera, she
told him she would be glad if he
would allow his family to stand at the
window or door in some natural posi-
ton.
He laughed, and said, oval, there's
old Nero layin' on the porch, mebbe
you want him, too?"
Certainly. he is fine dog. Don't
disturb him on any account" said
Kate.
Gall right. I'll call the folks"
said the man, and away he went to
the house. In moment an elderly
woman appeared in the front door,
and younger one with aplump baby
in her arms at window A sprigbt-
ly girl stood at another window, and
the old gentleman came out and
leaned upon the handle of the lawn
mower.
In five seconds Kate had her neg
alive, and believed that it was
a good one. The whole family want
ed to see it, and came trooping out
whats it for?" asked the lady.