So saying he took the slide from the little camera, and went out of the room into a dark closet in the entry.
Alma waited patiently for a few moments, and then she took up the field glass, and looked out of the window. Who could they be? They seemed to be having a cosy time together; but beyond the fact that one figure was a woman she could learn nothing. She wanted to take a look through the telescope, but did not dare to move the little camera that stood before it.
"Here's the picture," said Elmer as he entered the room.
Alma took the bit of glass he offered her, but declared she couldn't see anything but a dirty spot on the glass.
"That's the negative. Let me copy it, and then I'll throw it up with the stereopticon."
He selected another bit of glass from a box, and in a few minutes had it prepared and the two put together and laid in the sun on the window-seat.
"What's in that iron box, Elmer?"
"Nitrous oxide."
"The same thing that the dentists use?"
"Yes. Would you like to try a whiff? It's rather jolly, and will not hurt you in the least."