Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1900-10-10
"YOU PUSH THE BUTTON"


umbrellas. ana pert girls with parasols;
he got pictures Of sheep and cattle and
trees and churches and lakes and hills
And, Incidentally. he took q snap at
Niagara Falls. 1t seemed Q silly i'm
pertinence to snap that little machine
at the wonder Of green, impetuous wa
ter In its eternal passion. But he did
1t. and laughed.
He found health and strength out In
the fields during his vacation. He be-
came aware Of the sweetness of the
earth; and he was no longer averse to
life. He slept well and ate well, and
came home eager to renew his work and
determined to endure his sorrows gal
lantly. II he must always drudge, then
be would do 1t without complaint. If
he must live without the woman Of his
love he would bear 1t as other men had
borne similar sorrows. with philosophy.
He was ashamed Of himself for his su.
pine surrender to ill-fortune.
Everybody congratulated him on his
improved appearance. Violet Glider
sleeve. bending forward from her phae-
ton, nodded at him In q commendatory
way, and called out that he must come
to see her. He flushed, feeling the old
pang at his heart, and gave an eva6ve
answer. He knew that he dare not
accept that Invitation. Now that life
beat so strongly In his veins again, and
that he felt SO full Of potential hGppi-
ness, he dared not visit her, lest In spite
Of the guard set upon himself he should
tell her Of his love. 1t was hard and
rasping condition-his poverty. The
worst Of 1t was that she would never
understand. She would think him self
ish and coarse and cruel. She would
remember those exquisite evenings
with their air Of insinuating tenderness
and blush at the recollection, because
Of his silence. He could hardly endure
that she should be SO Inundated But
there seemed no other way but silence
Down at the shop they inquired about
his photographs. and he said that he
thought In the interests Of artistic pho
Biography they ought never to be devel-
oped. But Fellows, who was an en-
thusiast, would not have It 80. He in
sisted upon seeing for himself the re
suits Of his friends first experience
with q camera.
So 100 prepOsterous prints came back
from the developers. Dogs with their
tails OF, human creatures that looked
like monsters, landscapes blurred till
hov
them the handiwork Of the creator.
cows who had neglected to fore-shorten
themselves, and hills that were a dis
grace to their kind and seemed to haye
been skipping like little lambs at Ae
time Of having their pictures taken, pre-
sented themselves to the jeering COM
ment of the ,tiice force.
Then, from among these monstrosi-
ties, appeared one amazing, beautiful
print, full Of poetry and motion and
light. 1t was the photograph Of Mag
ara Falls. The fringes Of lace-like mis-
that decorated the great dOwnpour o.
shadowy water, was there as though 1t
firted In the summer wind; the whirl-
pool at the foot Of the fall seemed to
cap and rise and fall again, with groan-
ing and a madness of fear. The wind
Of tie waters appeared to come from
this dead thing. A hush>of admiration
fell upon everybody. 1t seemed almos,
a miracle.
Fellows picked 1t up reverently.
Its the best picture Of the Falls ever
taken. my boy" he said.
Airport looked at It incredulously. "lt
can't be that took that" he said.
There's some mistake"
You pushed the button" some on,
quoted. Mature did the rest on this
occasion"
The excellence Of the photograph
was borne witness to presently by the
photographer. who came down to III
auire II he couldn't buy the plate. Eel
lows winked Alport to refuse, thougi.
when the price offered began to ascend
1t was hard to resist the temptation"
You send that ON to the railroad
company and see II they won't use 1t
for an advertisement" said Fellows.
But don't give up the copyright-you
must get it copyrighted, you know. This
will come out gloriously In q transpar-
ency."
Airport caught the enthusiasm from
his friend and began, like the sensible
fellow he really was when he was not
badgered by fate. to push his advant-
age He did this so well that at the
end Of three months he was the posses
sor of $4,000 made from his lucky and
exquisite picture.
He had always maintained that with
capital he could liberate himself from
the drudgery of Office work, and he
proved this to be true. There were
opportunities opening in his ambitious
village Of which he availed himself.
He got in on the ground floor" Of an
Industrial enterprise, and In a year he
had q home-a modest imitation Of a
certain luxurious Elixabethan mansion
Of which he knew-and in the window
Of his library swung q large and beau
tiful transparency In which the waters
Of Niagara seemed to forever leap and
shout. Violet Alport. the careful young
housekeeper. always busted this with
her own hands.
1T 10 fragile" she said to her maid.
Let me dust It. and then II break u
/ will have no one to find fault with
,ut myself"
But her real reason was that Of her
ares and penates this was the most
sacred, and she preferred that only
these bound to the house by love should
take 1t in their hands.-Chicago Tri0-
une.
A Costly Tomb.