Show A TIME EXPOSURE the traveling man tells a story of a guileless photographer As a rule remarked the drummer in photographic supplies to the photograph man in the star mans hearing 1 I am willing to accept your statement that photographers dont play as many tricks on the trade as some other people do but there are exceptions well I 1 never heard of one said the photographer shaking his head as if he wanted to butt the drummer off the line of argument let me give you an example said the drummer seating himself comfortably not so many years ago I 1 had a friend who was anxious to buy a photograph gallery in a southern city and having quite a solid little wad of wealth he ivas prepared to supply himself with something handsome being a first class artist as well he knew that when he did get what he wanted he would know what to do with it well he had me to look out for him on my trips and in a month or so I 1 picked up in one of the large southern cities an advertisement verti by a photo man who wanted to sell out on account of poor health the ad read well and my friend wrote to the man at once and was se pleased with what he was told that he finally came to see the party it was arranged by the seller that the purchaser should be there on one of three days alth and of july I 1 believe as he was too busy to see him at any other time but thought he might have a little resting spell then my friend got there on the and went to the gallery as soon as he had breakfast which was about ten A half dozen people were in the place waiting and the artist only had time to tell him to call at noon he did so and there were more people and the time was put off till three and then again till five and it kept going that way for two days and up to noon of the third day then the photographer said it was a sham to keep him waiting longer and he would give him an hour that evening if he had to shut up shop to do it of course by this time my friend was more than convinced that he had hit on a bonanza and he was ready to pay almost any price the party might ask to ma kethe place more attractive to my friend he hod observed that most of the visitor sto the gallery were judges and bajars and colonels and that sort and their ladies well the bargain as clowd and ray friend got out that night and was back again in ten days ready to carry on the good work of his successor whose health prevented his enjoying such a pecuniary snap and of course he got a bargain interrupted the photograph man oh did he sneered the drummer oh that artist dp a thing to him did he my friend get two customers a week and coa them to him and he just dropped 2009 cool on the job and why friends and fellow citizens concluded the drummer in semi tragic tones and why because that innocent and guileless photographer had worked up a boom for those three days by sending out invitations to a lot of prominent people to come in on those days and he would take jhc thc ir photographs free of course they came did anybody ever refuse anything that was free and especially when it was a chance to have their pictures taken well I 1 guess not and the drummer handed his handkerchief io the photo graphman for him to wipe his weeping eyes with Washington star |