Part 9 (2/2)

”Good for you!” whispered Joe

CC seemed a little put out at all the criticism leveled at him

”Ahem!” he exclaiht in a landslide--far froht that way, you hope there will be hed Blake ”Now, there's no use trying to get out of it!” he added, as the gloomy actor stuttered and staold; or Mr Hadley?”

”They're around somewhere,” explained Miss Shay, when the other members of the co days, had offered their greetings ”Are you in such a hurry to see them?” she asked of Blake

”Oh, not in such an _awful_ hurry,” he answered with a laugh, as Birdie Lee cauess not!” laughed Miss Shay

Soon the interval between the scenes of the draraphed, came to an end The actors and actresses took their places in a ”ball room,” that was built on one section of the studio floor

”Ready!” called the er to the camera operator, and as the ht be in perfect ti and the action of the play, which included an exciting episode in the ay scene, for the ladies and gentleht of fashi+on”

It was necessary to have every detail faithfully reproduced, for the eye of the , than any human eye, and records every defect, no matter how small And when it is recalled that the picture thrown on the screen is nified many hundred times, a se one

So great care is taken to have everything as nearly perfect as possible Blake and Joe watched the fil the time when they used to turn the handle of the cao out after bigger pictures--scenes fro fellohom both Blake and Joe knew, looked around and nodded at the out the fil that had unexpectedly gone wrong

”Don't you wish you had this easy job?” the operator asked

”We may, before we come back froold and Mr Hadley caan a talk which lasted for some time, and in which all the details of the projected work, as far as they could be arranged in advance, were gone over

”What ant,” said Mr Hadley, ”is a series of pictures about the Canal It will soon be open for regular traffic, you know, and, in fact soh it But the work is not yet finished, and ant you to film the final touches

”Then, too, there may be accidents--there have been several small ones of late, and, as I wrote you, a man who claims to haveslide is due soon

”Of course on't wish the canal any bad luck, and we don't for a moment want that slide to happen Only--”

”If it does coh

”That's it, exactly!” exclaiold

”You'll find plenty down there to take pictures of,” said Mr

Hadley ”We want scenes along the Canal Hire a vessel and take h the Gatun locks, of course Scenes as your boat goes in theht toenthusiastic

”Get soet scenes you think a visitor to the Pana Some of the films will be a feature at the Pana money from them, so do your best”

”We will!” promised Joe, and Blake nodded in acquiescence