"I'm glad of that. Come up to my room and tell me all about it,
Dashaway. Now then, for a talk over old times," resumed the moving
picture man, as they were comfortably seated in his room at the
hotel.

Dave parried a good many questions. He did not exactly wish to tell
Mr. Alden about his business, which in the present case was also
that of his employers. He managed to lead Mr. Alden to talk of his
own affairs.

"Oh, I've had the actors up here on a lot of marine scenarios,"
explained the moving picture man. "They went away only this
morning. We've been picturing 'The Island Hermit of Lake Superior,'
'Iron Miners' Revenge,' 'Flight Across the Border,' and 'The
Mystery of the Pineries.' Great scenery around here for fittings,
you see. There are some of my key negatives on the table there,
look them over."

Dave examined some of the films with interest. The former kindness
of Mr. Alden and his party had left a warm spot in the heart of the
young aviator for anything concerning the movies."

"There's some plain slides we made to catch the costumes and
figures," added Mr. Alden, pointing to a rack containing about a
dozen glass negatives.

Dave began holding them up to the light in turn. He had inspected
perhaps one half of them, when he somewhat startled the moving
picture man with a sharp sudden exclamation.