Putnam patriot., 1910-11-11
, The Photograph Though Disappointing, It Has a Happy Result
By ALLAN P. AYES
copyrssht. 1910. by American Press
 Association


 The old Kimball house stood alone
 sa the side of the hill Around tt the
 seres that one generation had cleared
 ssd two others had prontably tiled
 dursng the golden age of New England
 ser,culture were growing up to birch
 ssd uhife pine. But the hilltop pas
 mre stiIi furnished grazing for Betsy,
 ,he aged Helstein. and Jaei. the pot
 heg.ied mare. sole survivors of the sfcck that once crowded the white
 vashed barn. while in the garden
 grew potatoes. corn. turnips. beets and the other hardy truck that wintered in A corner of the big cellar and enabled the Kimball girls" to sit by their air tight stove and watch with unconeern the storms that blocked the roads and sometimes shut them of from the store af the Center for days at time.
 Breakfast over and the dishes wash ed the sisters went into the garden. high and bot they worked there Blue cotton gowns faded by constant wash ing covered their thin, bowed figures AS they stopped over the onion bed or with tue hand cHltiyator scratched the earth between the hills of beans and corn. Blue gingham sunbonnets pro tectea their delieately wrinkled faces
 Miss Binley. seeing them for the first time. paused to study and ad- uire Against the background of vel low green cornstaiks their bent figures stood out in harmonious relief. In the foreground the whitewashea fence. the prim flower beds and the old house with it's rotting shingles and weather washed green blinds contributed set ting that appealed iIresistibly to her artist soul.
 For Miss Binley was an amateur phdtographer She seldom walked abroad without her camera but un- fortunately this was one of the rare mornings when she had left her cam era at home.
 oh MT. Holbrook" cried the girl regretfully, see those perfectly dear tiN MbllAtu III that tiiVh PdAth+ " Adt q genre study. I've often said 1t nev- CT WAS safe to go anywhere without a camera
 sf might run back and fetch it" suggested the carrier meekly
 -N-ne." she replied reluctantly. Its some other time I'm going to speak to them"
 Young Hoihrook watched with ador- ing admiration the process by which the girl penetrated the barriers of New England reserve. Before the fhree women had ,conversed five min utes something of Miss Biniey's own abundant youth and enthusiasm began to spaskie tn the faded eyes of the sis ters
 'sOh. Marthy. don't you wish We could have ours taken again? We haven't had our likenesses made since we were girls. Remember. MarthF. you were thutty and l was thutty Live. You were mighty putty girl in thoss. days. Marthy.'
 -oh. gloag.." commanded her ouns CT sister
 ble,- continued Phoebe. We had to sit puffickly still for five minutes couldn't stir. and 1t seemed like five hours
 You wouldn't have to sit still at all now said Miss Binley eagerly ''The process Is instantaneous"
 Eager assent was on the lips Of Miss Phoebe. but her .sterner sister fore stalled her
 That's very kind of you. miss, but we couldn't think of putting gou to so much trouble"
 Familiar with flse fundamental char acterfstjc of the older New England generation. Miss BtDley advanced eau tously Already in her artist mind she saw the print she would ake-a marvellous study of two gaunt figures wringing an unwilling toll from the harsh mountain soil. It WAS the sub ject she had been looking for all sum mer 10 enter in the fall exhibit oi her camera club al home. -'Oh. II won trouble me in the least. she replied suardedly. "lf you knew how lore 10 take pictures you would iinderStaI's Would you be here in tine garden n this time tomorr9w?'
 Yes. answered Martha. yielding But wouldn't ya1 rather take ns IL the house Do folks ever have then pictures taken outdoors:
 The light is much better ontside. explained Miss Binley And De sides. wouldn't think of keeping yea from your work. I'll come and take some snapshots of you just as yoa the onions
 You can come with me tomorrow she said to Holbrook- ~i had prom ised 10 drive with Johnny Larcon. ps' all engagements are of in the facs of an epoch making chance Ike this.
 The next morning brought weather perfect alike for pedestriantsm and photography The day was cool. and thin haze tempered the rays of the sun. Miss Binley ran down the steps to meet him. radiant with an- ticipation. and as he received the Dig camera from her hands Hoibreok thrilled with fhe thought of another al her side. There's some e0e in the garden. .aiA the young mas as the last turn h the road brought tAem in sight or theif Aestination. -Bnf they don't sc ,orti with my recollection of the old ladies. Holy smoke~ gaspeo .ne youth .1t.s they. all right nnt no wonder ~> didn't recognize them
 Mim Binley sased. speechlsss ID nol. rffied amaxement. as her two snoJeets
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