CHAPTER XI
A STRANGE CHARGE
"Are you going to take a camera with you, boys?" asked Mr. Ringold, as Joe and Blake were saying good-bye to their friend, preparatory to making a brief stay in San Francisco.
"A camera? No. Why?" inquired Blake.
"Well, I happen to need some San Francisco street scenes for one of the dramas," went on the theatrical man; "and it occurred to me that you could get them when you weren't busy."
"Of course we could," answered Joe. "We can take the automatic, and set it up wherever you say, and go looking for that shipping agent. When we come back we'll have all the pictures we need."
"Good!" exclaimed Mr. Ringold. "Try that, if you don't mind. Get some scenes down in the financial district, and others in the residential section. Then, as long as you have to go to the shipping offices, get some there."
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