The new South-news., 1908-11-21

any other boy about The saranac
Lakes
why exclaimed Arthur Com
stock he nailks COW and goes fsh-
ing before breakf3s', gets his Latin
before schooi-time. aud after school
splits cord OF wood. makes a boat
paddle aud gets enough berries for
supper You never saw the beat OF
H.
WINS father is section-boss on
the railroad. with little time 90 spare.
and depends on VIII 10 shorten his
day by AS much tiny as the wood
rilc or garden requires Between
times VIII nnds rsw PLEASURES OF his
own choosing For long time he
preferred fishing or hunting. accord
ing TO the season. but one day he
read In a book that lin every woods
scene good eye selects the spot OF
typical beauty \ woods bog. too,
used to arching trees. sloplng noun
ta.ns and pure-evel lakes, VIII had
not thought to look for more than
deer-tracks among the lily-paGs
That afternoon he padded his
home made canvas canoe to Bluh
Rock Island down the lake. and
looked back over his course between
the islands. mo wonder the indians
called this the lake OF the clustered
stars. the boy thought. -Wlsh
had a camera"
II was In some such way as this
hat most OF the sixteen-year-old boys
a la..ts4 .s..s t.4 (~A
him to use shotgun. but a deer
track led him to want a rile-wh:ch
he 90, by selling berries.
The more he thought about a cam
era the more he wanted one. Only
the week before, AZ he was going up
the Stony Creek ponds on camping
out expedition, alone. he saw a deer
among the lily-pads six rods. oY less,
away. II he'd only had a camera.
Months later. In the fall. over
partridge potpie one night, he said
to his father; "Can ! get ME cam
erae"
Yes. What arc you going to get It
with"
There's those traps you used to
use"
That's So" said the man. I'D
get some anise oil and try for a fox
IL | were you"
so Will set line OF traps up the
take shore and through the woodN to
the top OF Ampersand Mountain; but
he caught only minks, muskrats and
, sSunks. the foxes were too shy. At
, Christmas time he owned a camera
that would do the kind OF work he
, wanted OF It fairly we'll
His learning to take, develop and
print pictures was in keeping with his
setting traps. He went about 1t just
as he had begun to shoot with rife.
He put up a mark--Gyp, the hound
and exposed plates. one at time. OBJ
serving the focus, stops and time.
Then he went hunting with his cam
, era. He ran foxes with his hound.
but Reynard being a wise dweller Of
, rocky hills beyond camera range, only
. photographed = rabbit.
: "Gyp. as a mere dog. Is a trite sub
: iect. but Gyp galloping on a fox-track
!. is a picture OF general interest" That
y WAS written by Will on his first good
: print. and he endevored to make
. every subject a story in itself.
: In the course OF time the inevitable
= happened Will saw the diflerenct
: between his own AKA plates and thu
:. SKI. Sx1O and 11x14 taken with I
" hrst-class lens and in his mind h
/" wished for a SKI OF the finest quality
With such a one. he knew he coul,
= n f,,1 MI 10
u work for which ne was paid. ant
cleared the cost OF his camera an,
materials In that way. but did no
earn enough TO buy hundred -dolla
X lens.
It One day In July there was new
h for the hunters and summer peopl
g around Saranac Lake. Before day
Z. light that morning the long draw
A. Quavering cry OF panther cam
n. thrustins down Ampersand Mountain
ID stirring the night echoes. startlin
h the campers and bringing back men
ls ories OF wilder days to the old-tinl
L. sportsman. VIII Manning was Q
to Ampersand Pond that night with h
es camera. waiting for sunrise sua
a shot at deer among the hly-pad
Of The cry was loud In his ears, SO clos
IN that the screamer's breath seemed
n lift the rtpples Of the quiet pond.
IN moment later VIII heard deer rus
to from the water into the woods The
- he knew what the screaming amin
was. At daylight the yelling cease
Unarmed and alone. win VI
frightened. too. for had he not heal
n. the tales woodsmen tell OF panthe
~ that hunted men? Long after 4
~ sun rose. he started for his boat
~ the head OF Lower Saranac. 1t v
,.- characteristic OF the lad that he car
~ fully tested his camera and carried
-. ready for use all the way.
\. IN come back. he thought. ~
as soon's get = gun.
H. A mile down. the trail was 4 lit
!, muddy for . dozen feet Here y
~ he pauthers track. Beside the