Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-12-09
Nc. I3O.
A TIME EXPOSURE.
The Travelling Han Tells . Story Of =
GuilelOSs Photographer.

The Travelling Han Tells . Story of .
GuilelOSS Photographer.
"As rule" remarked the drummer
in Photographic supplies to the photo
graph man, in the Star mans hearing,
Il am willing to accept your state
ment that photographers don't play as
many tricks on the trade as some other
people do, but there are exceptions"
"Well, I never heard of one," said the
photographer, shaking his head as if
he wanted to butt the drummer off the
line of argument.
Let me give you an example," said
the drummer, seating himself comfort
ably. Not so many years ago had
friend who was anxious to buy n photo
graph gallery in a southern city, and
having quite a solid little wad of wealth
he was prepared to supply himself with
something handsome. Being a first
class artist as we'll, he knew that when
he did get what he wanted he would
know what to do with it. Well, he had
me to look out for him on my trips.
and in a month or so I picked up in
one of the large southern cities an ad-
vertisement by photo man who want
ed to sell out on account of poor health.
"The ad. read we'll, and my friend
wrote to the man at once, and was so
pleased with what he was told that he
finally came to see the party. 1t was
arranged by the seller that the pur-
chaser should be there on one of three
days-10th, 18th and 18th of July, be-
Lieve, as he was too busy to see him at
any other time, but thought he might
have little resting spell then. Ny
friend got there on the 10th, and went
to the gallery as soon as he had break
fast, which was about ten o'clock. A
half dozen people were in the place
waiting, and the artist only had time
to tell him to call at noon. He did so,
and there were more people, and the
time was put off till three, and then
again till five, and it kept going that
way for two days and up to noon of the
third day.
"Then the photographer said it was
shame to keep him waiting longer
and he would give him an hour that
evening if he had to shut up shop to do
1t. Of course. by this time my friend
was more than convinced that he had
hit on bonanza, and he was ready TO
pay almost any price the party might
ask. To make the place more attractive
to my friend he had observed that most
of the visitors TO the gallery were iudrcs
and majors and colonels and that sort,
and their ladies. Well, the bargain
was closed and my friend got out that
night and was back again in ten days
ready to carry on the good work of his
successor, whose health prevented his
enjoying such a pecuniary snap"
"And, of course, he got bargain ?"
interrupted the photograph man.
"Oh, did hep" sneered the drummer.
"Oh, that artist didn't do a thing to
him. did he? My friend didn't get two
customers week, and couldn't coax
them to him, and he just dropDed Sc, 900
cool on the job. And why. friends and
| fellow-citizens ?" concluded the drum
| mer, in semi-tragic tones, "and whyo
| Because that innocent and guilelcss
photographer had worked up boom
for those three days by sending out in
vitations to lot of prominent people
10 come in on those days and he would
take their photographs free Of course,
thev came. Did anybody ever refuse
nrvthing that was free, and especially
when it was n chance TO have their pic-
lures taken? Well, guess not" And
the drummer handed his handkerchief
10 the photograph man for him to wine
his weeping eyes with.-Washington
| Star.