The Moving Picture Boys at Panama; Or, Stirring Adventures Along the Great Canal

aratory to taking out the enclosure, Joe looked sharply a

Sam?" asked Joe, for the lad was the son of

lly takes around the special delivery letters himself, but he must have been busy whe

he matter with our mail that we hadn't heard from New York lat

hen he was changing his coat, and it fell out. Then he made me scoot over here with

have the letters brought out from the post-office by the neighbors, as often happene

ny fuss?" the barefoot

rm the postal authorities. I guess it wasn't so very importan

stled Joe's chum. "

's up

red Blake. "This day seem

about P

cidentally he mentions that he is sending to us a gentleman who wants to go with us, if we

ence of what my letter says?" as

ourse, seeing that this is the first we've had Panama brought

d Joe, at a loo

t?" asked the Spaniard, quickly.

out of the question," said Blake. "

onor of accompanying you to the Ist

," answered Joe slowly. "We are employed by Mr. Hadley, as one of the

aimed the Spaniard, quickly. "I would like to go-as your friend!" and he thre

smile, for he had taken a liking to the young man, though he d

hotel in the village, and come out to see you when I may-when you have made your decision. I feel the

s noted his p

to town, though," he added regretfully, as he looked at the smashed carria

ccident-the breaking of the rein, and the maddened dash of the horse off the bridge. That we did not follow was a mira

a terrible temper, was a valuable horse. Well, he won't run away any

u a rig?" suggested Blake. "I'm sure he

ce me more than ever in your debt,

ked Joe of the boy who had brought

le. She said you'd just been on a ride, and probably wouldn't go far, so I ran on, thinking I'd meet you coming back.

we are boarding?" asked Blake of Mr. Alcando. "I

your quickness in preventing the carriage and ourselv

. They repaired the disconnected gasoline pipe, and rode on ahead to tell Mr. Baker of the coming of the others. The farmer read

ut the Panama trip," said Mr. Alcando on leaving the boys, "and I shall come out, whenever you send me word,

e. "But my chum and I will have to think it over. We

from what I have heard of

s he and his chum sat on the shady porch an hour or

guess I'll have another go at Mr. Ha

references to other matters besides the projected Panama trip, and there

nal that we are interested we shall confine o

spect for you. I know you deserve a longer vacation than you have had th

her operators to work the moving picture cameras, but I would r

t will make most interesting films. Then, too, there is another matter-the big slides. There

e that will beat anything that ever before took place there. If it does happen I want to get moving pictures

big ditch, claims to know a great deal about the slides and the causes of them. He tells me that certain small slides, such as have been experie

ill have a letter of introduction from me. He wants to learn the moving picture business, and as he comes well recommen

all, don't hesitate to say so. But I would like very much to have you. Someone must go, for the films from down there will be particularly valuable at this ti

Alcando a pleasant companion. He struck me as being a gentleman, though his

acation again, as we did to get the flood pictures, but the expected big slide, like the flood, won't wait,