“Yes, I’m here again,” was the answer. “I just got my costume on. They’re going to shoot me and some of the other boys pretty soon.”
“Shoot you!” cried Ted, in surprise.
“Oh, I forgot—you youngsters don’t know all the movie terms,” laughed Mr. Weldon. “I mean they’re going to aim the moving picture cameras at us and ‘shoot’ us that way—not with guns!”
“Oh!” murmured Ted, laughing with the actor. “Well, I’m glad they aren’t going to shoot you with guns.”
“They shoot nellifunts with guns!” broke in Trouble. “But if I had a nellifunt I wouldn’t let ’em shoot him. And we saw a monkey, we did!”
“My, that’s a fine thing to see!” chuckled Mr. Weldon. “But I suppose you saw Mr. Portnay and got back your box of valuable hot cross buns, didn’t you?”
“It wasn’t hot cross buns!” laughed Janet, for this actor had a jolly way about him. “It was albums—albums for pictures, you know.”
“Ah, yes, so it was! Albums!” said Mr. Weldon, with a smile. “I was just joking, you know. But I suppose you got them back?” he said to Mr. Martin.
“No, I didn’t,” was the answer. “That’s why I came on here after them. I missed Mr. Portnay in Midvale.”
“That’s too bad,” returned the actor. “You’re out of luck again.”