“That’s right—the cowboys!” added her brother. “I wonder what they are doing here!”
“They probably came to take some pictures in the lumber camp,” said Mr. Martin.
But taking pictures seemed very far from the thoughts of the movie actors—at least, for the time being. They were intent on having a good time, for they were laughing among themselves and many of the men were giving voice to that “yi-yippy” yell which sounded so wild.
“I guess they’ve just finished some hard work,” said Mrs. Martin, as she laughed at some of the antics of the riders. “They’re like boys out of school.”
So it proved, for when Ned Weldon and some others of the men who had been friendly with the Martin family while at Dawson’s Farm, saw the family, they rode up and renewed their friendship, and also told why they had come here.
“We had to have a lumber camp location for this part of the film,” explained Mr. Birch, the director. “So we came here.”
“But we didn’t expect to find you here,” added Mr. Weldon, as he made his horse prance on its hind legs, much to the amusement of Trouble.
“We didn’t expect to come here,” stated Mr. Martin. “But when Mr. Teeter invited us we thought it would give the children something new to see for their vacation tour.”
“And they’s bears, too!” exclaimed Trouble.
“I guess you mean elephants, don’t you?” asked Mr. Weldon, who had more than once laughed at the little fellow’s pronunciation of the name.