The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-29
shy OF rHe CAMERA.
Trouble Experienced In Trying 70 0st
Snap SHOT ~ eene sQusws.

Trouble Experienced In Trying 70 0st .
Snap SHOT ~ sens sQusws.
"Thsy're ont hsrs now, Just aeross the
street.. where's ny kodAkf Quick "
The impsssioned speNker was one Of Tho
lady guests Of tho Hotel Adams The
placo was the hotel, lobby. Whist o. who
was across tho stress waA subysct OF CON-
texture. CI2R Dj4gce &arkd behiud bic
doUk. He emerged With Z kodak, which
the lady brsathlessN assured HIN WAS
loaded for an, emergency, She ran ont Of
tho lobby, and Mr.. Pisros cayyled the kodak
concealed behind HIM like wary but IN
experienced hunter stalking dear, ~ II
he woshed to disarm the animal Of susp1-
Dion and convince Il that he was approach-
Ing with pacific intentions.
Tho lady relieved Mr.. Pierce Of the cam-
era. "They," whoever "they" were, wero
not visible to the unaided eye. The lady
Dressed the street to the Gooding building.
When she had almost reached the west
Side Of 1t, squaw carrying on OLA on her
head came around the corner. As soon az
she saw the kodak she vanished with q
scream. The lady with the kodak hadn't
time TO take q snap shot, but she went
on to the corner Of tho building. She ad-
justed the kodak and In ten minutes moro
would have had negative. but she sud-
denly turned and ran toward the hotel,
pursued by three squaws, each armed with
q stick or club The squaws turned,
ran across the street to fruit stand and
stood In the shade, where they were rea-
sonably protected against kodak assaults.
Mr.. Boomer offered himself as volun-
tSer to procure the picture. He took the
kodak and began maneuvering around the
squaws, giving them more serious cause
for alarm than they already had, for he
handled the camera as II 1t were shotgun.
They remained In the shade, however,
turning upon him occasionally, brandish-
ing their sticks.
"Drive them out into the sun!" cried
the young lady who had melted the trou-
bio. She stood in safe plaoe under one
Of the porches, partly concealed by one Of
the pillars. "Get on the other side Of them
and drive them out Point the camera
at them! They're afraid Of iti' But they
wouldn't drive.
"why don't you 60, Josie, and take
their picturess" asked an elderly lady sit
ting In carriage. ~ gor' echoed Josie.
"I'm afraid of them. Didn't you see them
shaking their sticks" rNC
Finally Mr. Boomer corralled the
squaws in the confectionery store. The
young lady then went across the street
and resumed the kodak. She drew q bead
on one Of the squaws through an open
window. The squaw ran out of the door.
The young lady ran to the front of the
building, ard the squaw ran back and oon-
cealed herself behind n doorpost. The
young lady moved around and got In range
again. Tho squaw moved out of range.
They kept up this game Of hide and seek
until the sun went down, ard the glass
upon which that negative was intended to
be taken was still clear and unmarked.
One Of the many superstitions Of the In
dians Is that photograph brings bad
luck. Some Of them are induced by gifts
to disregard the superstition. 1t sometimes
happens that an Indian whose picture has
been taken ard placed on exhibition in
curio stores dies. His relatives request
that the photograph be destroyed or at
least removed from sight.-Arizona Re.
publican.