ped it, for otherwise the two boys might have suffered some broken bones. As it was, Snap bumped his

ized that his little chum had been hit by some of the shot from the gu

separated from the street by a low fence. Hardly did th

l let you in!" And then he leaped through the window and tore d

calculated to daunt the stoutest heart. The lion was there,

, one of a number bordering the garden path. With all his might he threw it at the lion and caught the beast i

his excitement did not notice the weight of his burden. As he ascended the steps the door was flung open

ion?" asked th

lly fell into the hallway with Giant still in his

ried Whopper, as he t

a light," he added, for the

to stumble around until Shep found a match and lit the lamp. Whopper and Snap carried Giant into the sittin

t let him eat m

ant," answered t

got

dge thus gained now stood him in good stead. He made a close examination and found that several buckshot had grazed the small youth's temple, while one had

doctor's son. "A little closer and you might hav

e gun was mighty car

ded Snap. "He didn't

im stiff and sore. He was thankful that the honeysuckle vine had broken the fall fr

those inside heard firing in the distance. The shots gradua

nship has left t

is dead,"

d and insisted upon putting on them some salve. The boy declar

" he said. "When we went hunting we h

never to go hunting again!" d

ap gravely. "You can be thankful

r what you did for me," murmured Giant, and loo

the last train had already departed. And as it was, Mrs

e worried to death, thinking t

them learned that the lion had been chased to the edge of a big woods north of Railings. He had been wounded, of tha

ars reward for his capture," said one of the

ons escape?" aske

big monkeys is missi

he educated chimpan

nts. He's missing, and the circus men are more worried over him than over the

educated to do so man

table to eat j

and the chimpanzee happened

ed to work for the circus--three men who were discharged for get

"Oh, I don't think he ha

. If they catch the men and the boy t

is innocent," sai

at lion," said Giant. "Do you know

p and nervous he killed Mack's dog and smashed the plate-glass window in the new five-and-ten-cent store.

it might

promiscuous-like in the city streets. He meant well, but if he had ki

lf and insisted upon leaving off the banda

y," he explained. "Even as it is, I suppose l

ced a man to see the lad who had been shot. The visitor proved to be Han

said Donaldson. "'Cos I didn't--I only wanted to

ered Giant. "But you

ad better give u

y sorry--yes, I am. Ho

didn't mean it,"

e-glass winder I smashed, an' got to pay fer a dorg, too. Ye don't catch me huntin' lions no more." And he he

pays for the glass and the dog," said the sm

honeysuckle vine, and then bid good-by to Mrs. Cars

run into the first house or store that's handy. Don't think you can shoo

r guard, aunty,

s had been left behind, and these men, aided by a number of others, went on a long hunt for the lion and the

nap, while on the way home. "Just see how they feature him on the

eturn, and later this sum was increased. It may be as well to state here that the owner of the circus suspected that the men who had been discharged by him had the

Snap. "I'd like to meet him a

m again some time," an

in these parts. If he is a regular acrobat, more than li

if he liked the l

it struck me,"

much alarmed over the injuries her son had received and insisted upon i

he doctor. "But he had wha

g the photographs he desired them to obtain during their outing in the Windy Mountains. As there might be a little d

se to go?" asked Snap

uld be wise for us t

at and tote our supplie

uits me

his crowd go that w

y did, but I

o meet them if they d

eir distance and