“What kind of a lamp is that?” asked Owen, puzzled by the object on the table.
“That,” replied the Doctor, smiling at the group of boys, “is the famous Hartel Adjustable Lamp.”
Owen saw the joke.
“I suppose we’ll fix up something better in the stable,” said Allan.
“In the stable?” Owen looked interested. “That’s a good idea. Won’t you let me see your Wizard?”
They all trooped downstairs again. “Here come the kodakers!” cried McConnell. There they found Mrs. Hartel and Edith Coles, Allan’s cousin, studying the camera by the sitting-room lamp. Edith was an orphan niece of Mrs. Hartel who had been a member of the Hartel household for six years. She was now of about Allan’s age, and always was much interested in everything that Allan did. Returning from the home of a girl friend where she had been spending the afternoon and early evening, she was as much delighted over the camera as if it were some good fortune of her own.
“‘And is it all loaded and ready?’ asked Edith?”
“I want to be a kodaker, too!” she exclaimed laughingly in response to McConnell’s jubilant announcement.
“I guess Allan will let you join his company,” the Doctor said.