Well, the moment
I came in, that kid, instead of rolling his eyes and saying,
'a-goo-goo,' which means 'papa,' as everyone knows, set up a regular
Comanche howl and threw his rattle at me. When I took him in my arms
and tried to quiet him, he clawed at my eyes, kicked a pocketful of
cigars to pieces and bellowed so vociferously that I gave him back to
his ma.
"After a while he began to listen to reason and I set up my outfit
near the window in order to have a good light. I tore down a blind and
ripped a lace curtain clear across in my effort to get two exposures,
and, Good Lord! you ought to see those prints.
"In the first snap I must have moved the camera, for I got only one
side of the baby, but that side had three different arms and you could
see the back of the chair through all of them. The second was normal,
as to limbs, etc., and plumb in the center, but it was all fuzzy, like
an impressionist picture.
"I took them to the photo' store and asked the clerk what was wrong.
He said:
"'Why, you've timed 'em too long. He's moved all over the plate.
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