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."Datfeller may come back t' rob mah hens.""With the lens pointing toward the shop," spoke Tom, "it will also take snapshots of any one who tries to enter the coop.So, if the chicken thief doescome, Rad, we'll have a picture of him."Tom and Ned soon had the flashlights in place, and then they went to bed,listening, at times, for the puff that would indicate that the camera wasworking.But the night passed without incident, rather to Tom'sdisappointment.However, in the morning, he developed the film of the firstPage 22 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlpictures taken in the evening.Soon they were dry enough to be used in the moving picture machine, which Tomhad bought, and set up in a dark room.Tom Swift And His Wizard CameraCHAPTER VII WHAT THE CAMERA CAUGHT23"There we are!" he cried, as the first images were thrown on the white screen."As natural as life, Ned! My camera works all right!""That's so.Look! There's where I hit you with a snowball!" cried his chum, asthe skylarking scene was reached."Mah goodness!" cried Eradicate, when he saw himself walking about on thescreen, as large as life."Dat shorely am wonderful.""It is spirits!" cried Koku, as he saw himself depicted."I wish we had some of the other pictures to show," spoke Tom."I mean someunexpected midnight visitors."For several nights in succession the camera was set to "snap" any one whomight try to enter the shop.The flashlights were also in place.Tom and Ned,the latter staying at his chum's house that week, were beginning to think theywould have their trouble for their pains.But one night something happened.It was very dark, but the snow on the ground made a sort of glow that relievedthe blackness.The camera had been set as usual, and Tom and Ned went to bed.It must have been about midnight when they were both awakened by hearing theburglar alarm go off.At the same time there were several flashes of fire fromthe garden."There she goes!" cried Ned."Yes, they're trying to get into the shed," added Tom, as a glance at theburglaralarm indicator on the wall of the room, showed that the shop door wasbeing tried."Come on!""I'm with you!" yelled Ned.They lost little time getting into their clothes, for they had laid them outin readiness for putting on quickly.Down the stairs they raced, but ere they reached the garden they heardfootsteps running along the wall toward the road."Who's there?" cried Tom, but there was no answer."Koku! Eradicate!" yelled Ned."Yais, sah, I'se comm'!" answered the colored man, and the voice of the giantwas also heard.The flashlights had ceased popping before this, and when thetwo lads and their helpers had reached the shop, there was no one in sight."The camera's there all right!" cried Tom in relief as he picked it up fromthe box."Now to see what it caught.Did you see anything of the fellows,Koku, or Eradicate?" Both said they had not, but Eradicate, after examiningthe chicken house door by the aid of a lighted match, cried out:"Somebody's been tryin' t' git in heah, Massa Tom.I kin see where de do'sbeen scratched.""Well, maybe we'll have the picture for you to look at in the morning," saidTom.Tom Swift And His Wizard CameraCHAPTER VII WHAT THE CAMERA CAUGHT24The films were developed in the usual way in the morning, but the pictureswere so small that Tom could not make out the features or forms of the men.And it was plain that at least three men had been around the coop and shop.By the use of alcohol and an electric fan Tom soon had the films dry enough touse.Then the moving picture machine was set up in a dark room, and allgathered to see what would be thrown on the screen, greatly enlarged.First came several brilliant flashes of light, and then, as the entrance toPage 23 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlthe shop loomed into view, a dark figure seemed to walk across the canvas.Butit did not stop at the shop door.Instead it went to the chicken coop, and, asthe man reached that door, he began working to get it open.Of course it hadall taken place in a few seconds, for, as soon as the flashlights went off,the intruders had run away.But they had been there long enough to have theirpictures taken.The man at the chicken coop turned around as the lights flashed, and he waslooking squarely at the camera.Of course this made his face very plain to the audience, as Tom turned thecrank of the reproducing machine."Why, it's a colored man!" cried Ned in surprise."Yes, I guess it's only an ordinary chicken thief, after all," remarked Tom.There was a gasp from Eradicate."Fo' de land sakes!" he cried."De raskil! Ef dat ain't mah own second cousin,what libs down by de ribber!An' to t'ink dat Samuel 'Rastus Washington Jackson Johnson, mah own secondcousin, should try t' rob mah chicken coop! Oh, won't I gib it t' him!""Are you sure, Rad?" asked Tom."Suah? Sartin I'se suah, Massa Tom," was the answer as the startled coloredman on the screen stared at the small audience."I'd know.dat face ob his'nanywhere.""Well, I guess he's the only one we caught last night," said Tom, as thedisappointed chicken thief ran away, and so out of focus But the next instantthere came another series of flashlight explosions on the screen, and there,almost as plainly as if our friends were looking at them, they saw two menstealthily approaching the shop.They, too, as the chicken thief had done,tried the door, and then, they also, startled by the flashes, turned around."Look!" cried Ned."Great Scott !" exclaimed Tom."Those are the two rivals of Mr.Period! Theyare Mr.Turbot and Mr.Eckert!""Same men I pushed out!" cried Koku, much excited.There was no doubt of it, and, as the images faded from the screen, caused bythe men running away, Tom and Ned realized that their rivals had tried to puttheir threat into executionthe threat of making Tom wish he had taken theiroffer."I guess they came to take my camera,but, instead the camera took them," saidthe young inventor grimly [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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."Datfeller may come back t' rob mah hens.""With the lens pointing toward the shop," spoke Tom, "it will also take snapshots of any one who tries to enter the coop.So, if the chicken thief doescome, Rad, we'll have a picture of him."Tom and Ned soon had the flashlights in place, and then they went to bed,listening, at times, for the puff that would indicate that the camera wasworking.But the night passed without incident, rather to Tom'sdisappointment.However, in the morning, he developed the film of the firstPage 22 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlpictures taken in the evening.Soon they were dry enough to be used in the moving picture machine, which Tomhad bought, and set up in a dark room.Tom Swift And His Wizard CameraCHAPTER VII WHAT THE CAMERA CAUGHT23"There we are!" he cried, as the first images were thrown on the white screen."As natural as life, Ned! My camera works all right!""That's so.Look! There's where I hit you with a snowball!" cried his chum, asthe skylarking scene was reached."Mah goodness!" cried Eradicate, when he saw himself walking about on thescreen, as large as life."Dat shorely am wonderful.""It is spirits!" cried Koku, as he saw himself depicted."I wish we had some of the other pictures to show," spoke Tom."I mean someunexpected midnight visitors."For several nights in succession the camera was set to "snap" any one whomight try to enter the shop.The flashlights were also in place.Tom and Ned,the latter staying at his chum's house that week, were beginning to think theywould have their trouble for their pains.But one night something happened.It was very dark, but the snow on the ground made a sort of glow that relievedthe blackness.The camera had been set as usual, and Tom and Ned went to bed.It must have been about midnight when they were both awakened by hearing theburglar alarm go off.At the same time there were several flashes of fire fromthe garden."There she goes!" cried Ned."Yes, they're trying to get into the shed," added Tom, as a glance at theburglaralarm indicator on the wall of the room, showed that the shop door wasbeing tried."Come on!""I'm with you!" yelled Ned.They lost little time getting into their clothes, for they had laid them outin readiness for putting on quickly.Down the stairs they raced, but ere they reached the garden they heardfootsteps running along the wall toward the road."Who's there?" cried Tom, but there was no answer."Koku! Eradicate!" yelled Ned."Yais, sah, I'se comm'!" answered the colored man, and the voice of the giantwas also heard.The flashlights had ceased popping before this, and when thetwo lads and their helpers had reached the shop, there was no one in sight."The camera's there all right!" cried Tom in relief as he picked it up fromthe box."Now to see what it caught.Did you see anything of the fellows,Koku, or Eradicate?" Both said they had not, but Eradicate, after examiningthe chicken house door by the aid of a lighted match, cried out:"Somebody's been tryin' t' git in heah, Massa Tom.I kin see where de do'sbeen scratched.""Well, maybe we'll have the picture for you to look at in the morning," saidTom.Tom Swift And His Wizard CameraCHAPTER VII WHAT THE CAMERA CAUGHT24The films were developed in the usual way in the morning, but the pictureswere so small that Tom could not make out the features or forms of the men.And it was plain that at least three men had been around the coop and shop.By the use of alcohol and an electric fan Tom soon had the films dry enough touse.Then the moving picture machine was set up in a dark room, and allgathered to see what would be thrown on the screen, greatly enlarged.First came several brilliant flashes of light, and then, as the entrance toPage 23 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlthe shop loomed into view, a dark figure seemed to walk across the canvas.Butit did not stop at the shop door.Instead it went to the chicken coop, and, asthe man reached that door, he began working to get it open.Of course it hadall taken place in a few seconds, for, as soon as the flashlights went off,the intruders had run away.But they had been there long enough to have theirpictures taken.The man at the chicken coop turned around as the lights flashed, and he waslooking squarely at the camera.Of course this made his face very plain to the audience, as Tom turned thecrank of the reproducing machine."Why, it's a colored man!" cried Ned in surprise."Yes, I guess it's only an ordinary chicken thief, after all," remarked Tom.There was a gasp from Eradicate."Fo' de land sakes!" he cried."De raskil! Ef dat ain't mah own second cousin,what libs down by de ribber!An' to t'ink dat Samuel 'Rastus Washington Jackson Johnson, mah own secondcousin, should try t' rob mah chicken coop! Oh, won't I gib it t' him!""Are you sure, Rad?" asked Tom."Suah? Sartin I'se suah, Massa Tom," was the answer as the startled coloredman on the screen stared at the small audience."I'd know.dat face ob his'nanywhere.""Well, I guess he's the only one we caught last night," said Tom, as thedisappointed chicken thief ran away, and so out of focus But the next instantthere came another series of flashlight explosions on the screen, and there,almost as plainly as if our friends were looking at them, they saw two menstealthily approaching the shop.They, too, as the chicken thief had done,tried the door, and then, they also, startled by the flashes, turned around."Look!" cried Ned."Great Scott !" exclaimed Tom."Those are the two rivals of Mr.Period! Theyare Mr.Turbot and Mr.Eckert!""Same men I pushed out!" cried Koku, much excited.There was no doubt of it, and, as the images faded from the screen, caused bythe men running away, Tom and Ned realized that their rivals had tried to puttheir threat into executionthe threat of making Tom wish he had taken theiroffer."I guess they came to take my camera,but, instead the camera took them," saidthe young inventor grimly [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]