man--James Munson, a
rival moving picture proprietor--often made trouble for them, and once
put them in no little danger.

After having helped Mr. Hadley make a success of his moving picture
newspaper, by means of which current happenings, and accidents, were
nightly thrown on a screen in various theatres, Joe and Blake, as I
said, went into business for themselves.

In the second volume of the series, entitled "The Moving Picture Boys in
the West; Or, Taking Scenes Among the Cowboys and Indians," our heroes
had an entirely different series of adventures.

Mr. Ringold decided to take his theatrical troupe to Arizona, there to
make films for a number of Western dramas. He asked the boys if they
would like to join Mr. Hadley in doing this work. At the same time a New
York scientific society, engaged in preserving records, pictures and
photographic reproductions of the Indians, made a prize offer for the
best film showing the redmen in their ceremonial dances. The time was
particularly ripe for this, as a band of the Moquis, as well as several
tribes of Navajos, had broken from the government reservations to
indulge in their strange rites.

As the boys found that they could do the two things--take the views of
the Indians, and make the theatrical pictures--they accepted the offer.

Just before they left, however, Joe received a strange letter. It was
from a man signing himself Sam Houston Reed, who stated that he had met
a man who was looking for a Joe Duncan. Joe, who had known there was
some mystery about his early life, was overjoyed at the prospect of
finding some "folks," and wished very much to meet Mr. Reed. But the
latter had neglected to date, or put any heading on his letter. All
there was to go by was part of a postmark, which showed it came from
Arizona, and Mr. Reed also mentioned Big B ranch.

However, the moving picture boys and the theatrical company started
West. On the way the boys had a glimpse of their rivals, also hastening
to get the Indian views.

How they got to Flagstaff, made many views there, and then how Joe and
Blake started to find the place where the runaway Indians were hidden
away, doing their mysterious dances--all this is told in the second
volume.

Eventually they reached Big B ranch, only to find that Mr. Reed, like a
rolling stone, had gone. However, some of the cowboys remembered him,
and had heard him talk of having met a certain Bill Duncan, whose
half-brother, Nate, was l