The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-09-10


| still don't understand is how Paul got
tao5e photographs.
aIr. Whittier looked at his son and
smiled. THAT is lit.lo mysterious.
Paul, ,. he said, .and confess Ia like
to know how you did il.
Were you concealed here yourself
asked Mr.. Wheatcroft.
no" Paul answered. III you will
look around this room you Will see that
there isn't dark corner in which any
body could tuck himself.
Then where was the photographer
hiddcn?' Mr.. Whtatcroft inquired with
increasing curiosity.
go ln the clock, responded Paul.
ola the clockP' echoed Mr.. Wheat
croft, greatly amazed. .'Wh there isn't
room in tine case of that clock of thin
midget, let al ne n man. -
laul enjoyed puzaling his fathers part
ner. II Gian't say had man there or
midget, esther, he explained. 81 said
THAI the photographer was m the clock
and i miE mt have said tbs; the clock it.
sci! was he photosrapner
MI Wheatcroft threw Up his hands in
disgust. "Nell, he cried. "if you want
go as long as you like. Lut your father
ard | are entitled to came consideration,
I think"
I'm not mystify'ng you at all. The
clock took tie picturss automatically.
p!l show you how. Paul returned, get
ting up from his chair and cong 20
the corner OF the office. Taking a key
fIom his pocket he opened tic case of
the clock and revealed small photo
graphic apparatus inside with the tube of
the objective opposite the round glass
panel in the door OF the case. AT the bot
tom OF the case was small electrical bat
terry on small shelf; over this was an
electromagnetic.
~ begin to see how you did it," Mr..
Whittier remarked, "but Pm not an ey-
pert in photography, Paul, .and I'd like
full explanation. And make ii as simple
AS you can"
"It's very simple thing, indee H."
said his son. lone day while / was
wondering how we could best catch the
man who was getting at the books, that
clock happened to strike, and some how
it reminded me that in our Photographic
society at college we had once suggested
that ii would be amusing TO attach de-
tective camera to a timepiece and take
snap shots every few minutes all through
the day. j saw that this clock of ours
faced the safe and that it couldn't be
better placed for the purpose. SO when /
had thought out my plan, | came over
here and pretended that the clock was
wrong, and in setting II right | broke
off the minute-hand. Then / had man
know send for it TO repair it; he is both
an electrician and Photographic expert.
Toget ther we worked out this device
Here Is a small snapshot camera loaded
with a hundred and fifty films; and here
Is the electrical attachment which con-
meets with the clock so as to take pho
tograph every ten minutes from six in
the morning to seven at night. We ar
ranged that the magnet should turn the
spool OF film after every snap shot"
"Well,' cried Mr.. Wheatcroft, "I don't
know much about these things, but
that the clock pressed the button, and
the electricity pulled the string.'
"Taat's it, precisely, the young man
responded. ssOf course, / wasn't quite
sure how 1t would work, so | thought
I'd try II first on a week day when we
were all here. It did work all right and
made several interesting discoveries. ]
Office and that Bob played leapfrog in the
store and stood on his red head in the
corner there up against the safe"
"The confounded little rascall" inter
rupted Mr.. wheatcroft.
Paul smiled as he continued: "I found
also that Mr. Wheatcroft was captivated by
a pretty book agent and bought two
bulky volumes he didn't want ,
Mr.. whcatcroft looked sheepish for a
moment.
"Oh, that's how you knew, is it3' he
growIed running his hands impatiently
through his shock OF hair.
That's how l KNEW Paul replied. al
told You I had an eye on you. IL was the
lone eve OF the camera. And on Sunday
IL kept the watch for us here, winking
every ten minutes. From six o'clock I'm
the morning to three I'm the afternoon IL
winked 30 times and all II saw was the
same scene, the empty corner OF the room
here. with the safe In the shadow at first
and at last In the full light that poured
down from the glass roof over US. But
a little after three n man came into the
Office and made ready TO open the safe.
AT ten minutes past three the clock and
The camera took his photogrsph-in the
twinkling of an eye. At twenty minutes
past three q second record was made
Before half past three the man was gone
ana the camera winkcd every ten min.
ntes until seven o'clock quite IN vain. I
came down early this monr NC and got
be roll OF , egsii ives. Cic Gi,,r another
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