One of the boys caught a glimpse of a queer figure above him. And with a shriek he turned and fled.
His companions looked at him in wonder. And Johnnie Green couldn't imagine what had happened, when his staring eyes beheld the Major hanging from a bough over his head.
"It's a monkey!" Johnnie Green gasped. "Where in the world could he have come from?"
XV
The Retreat
Major Monkey quite enjoyed the amazement of the picnickers. And he did two very odd things, for the commander of an army: first he took off his red cap and made a low bow to Johnnie Green and his mates; and next he swung off the limb of the tree and hung by his tail and one hand.