So the boys stayed over another night. Late in the evening they
stopped two men who were passing the house and from them learned
that the lion had been chased to the edge of a big woods north of
Railings. He had been wounded, of that the men were certain, and
a regular hunting party was going out in the morning to either kill
or capture the beast.

"The circus owner has offered a hundred dollars reward for his
capture," said one of the men "So they'll get him alive if they
can."

"Did any other lions escape?" asked the doctor's son.

"No; but one of the big monkeys is missing---the educated one."

"Do you mean Abe, the educated chimpanzee?" queried Snap.

"That's the fellow---the one who eats, drinks, smokes and does
all sorts of stunts. He's missing, and the circus men are
more worried over him than over the lion. One man said the
chim---what-do-you-call-him was worth a thousand dollars."

"I believe that---being educated to do so many things," said Whopper.
"He sat up to a table to eat just like a man."

"Did you hear how the lion and the chimpanzee happened to get away?"
asked Giant.

"Why, there was a report it was the fault of four rascals who used