Having rested, Mr. Jally took the boys to the bank of the river and there showed them how to make a good picture with a strong reflection in the water. This was rather difficult because of the distribution of light over the plate.
"Be careful when you point your camera toward the sun," said the photographer. "Otherwise you may get a sun-spot, or 'ghost,' right in the center of your picture."
"I know about that," said Whopper. "Once I tried to take a picture of my cousin standing by a well. The glare of the sun got on the plate just where her head ought to have been, so she was headless."
"That sure was a ghost!" cried Shep; and then all laughed.
The boys were to take the seven o'clock train back to Fairview, so at five o'clock they bid farewell to Mr. Jally and walked toward Mrs. Carson's house to get supper. Just as they turned the corner of a street close to the house they heard a man yelling wildly. He was running rapidly at the same time.
"What's that fellow saying?" asked Whopper. "Maybe it's a fire."
"No, he didn't say fire," returned Snap. "It sounded to me like lion."
"Lion?" questioned Whopper.
"Look out for the lion!" bawled the man. "Look out for the lion!"
And down the street he went on the double-quick.
"He did say lion!" exclaimed Giant.