The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook by Laura Lee Hope

Author:Laura Lee Hope [Hope, Laura Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Children
Publisher: Blackmask Online
Published: 2001-10-06T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER XII. THE BOBBSEYS ACT

“Well, I guess the battle is over now,” said Bert, after a while. The cannon had stopped firing, and the “soldiers” no longer “shot” at each other with their rifles.

“See, the men on horses have captured the other men,” spoke Harry. And he pointed to where the cavalry had surrounded a number of the foot soldiers, or infantry, as they are called, and were driving them over the fields toward some log cabins.

“They must have built those log houses on purposes for the moving picture play,” said Uncle Daniel. “For they weren't here the other day, when I was over in this valley.”

“Very likely they did,” agreed Mr. Bobbsey. “It takes a great deal of work to make a moving picture play now-a-days, and often a company will build a whole house, only to set fire to it, or tear it down to make a good picture.”

“If they set a house on fire,” broke in Freddie, “I could put it out with my fire engine, and I'd be in the movies then.”

“Oh, you and your fire engine!” laughed Bert, ruffling up his little brother's hair. “You think you can do anything with it.”

“Well, I stopped the turkey gobbler from eating up Snoop,” Freddie cried. “Didn't I?”

“So you did!” exclaimed Harry. “You and your fire engine are all right, Freddie.”

The soldiers who had fallen off their horses, or who had toppled over in the grass, to pretend that they were shot in battle, now got up— “coming to life,” Bert called it.

The battle scene was over, but the men were not yet done using the cameras, for they took them farther down the valley toward the log cabins. The soldiers were now grouped around these buildings, and Bert and Harry could see several ladies, in brightly colored dresses, mingled with the soldiers in uniform.

“I wonder what they are doing now?” asked Bert.

“Oh, taking a more peaceful scene for the movies,” answered his father. “They have had enough of war, I guess.”

“That would suit Flossie,” remarked Uncle Daniel with a laugh.

The valley was now quiet, but over it hung a cloud of smoke from the cannon. The wind was, however, blowing the smoke away.

“Can we go up to the log cabins and watch them make more pictures, father?” asked Bert.

“Well, yes, I guess so; if you don't get in the way of the cameras. Do you want to come?” asked Mr. Bobbsey of Uncle Daniel. “You don't often get a chance to see moving pictures out here, I guess. Better come.”

“No, not now, thank you,” was the answer, “I must get back and look after my tomatoes. They need to be picked. But you can go on with the boys.”

So Mr. Bobbsey took Bert and Harry up to where other moving pictures were being made. The boys did not understand all that was being done, but they watched eagerly just the same.

They saw men and soldiers talking to the ladies, who were members of the moving picture company.

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