Then they trooped back to the rowboat.
"Shall we go and talk to your father?" asked Snap on the way back.
"I think he'd like it if you would," answered the doctor's son. "I'll
see if he is disengaged."
Dr. Reed was busy with a lady caller and the boys had to wait a
quarter of an hour. Then he came into the sitting-room and shook
hands warmly.
"So you are willing to undertake the commission to get pictures, eh?"
he said after a few words. "Well, I am glad of it, for I know you
can do it if you'll try. The outing ought to just suit you."
"It certainly will," answered Snap.
"I'll get the cameras at once and likewise the other things. Let me
see, what cameras have you now?"
The boys told him, and he made some notes in a book. A general talk
followed, and the physician told the lads just what he would like
best to have. He cautioned them to keep quiet concerning the land
company's projects.
"We want to spring this on the general public as a surprise," he
explained. "If we don't keep it quiet some other folks may try to
get ahead of us.
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