“Has he hurt any one?”
“He has scared the wits out of that man and his wife,” and Leo pointed to Daniel Hawkins and his spouse.
“He’s enough to scare the wits out of any one,” put in another of the crowd. “Come, boys, now for a tussle with old Nero.”
“We ought to shoot him at once. We can’t capture him alive,” growled a rear man.
“You won’t have to shoot him,” said Leo, with a twinkle in his eye.
“Why not? You don’t mean to say he’s dead already?”
“Oh, no! He’s alive enough.”
“Is it possible he has been captured?”
“Yes, I captured him and tied him to a tree.”
“Nonsense, boy, this is no time for fooling. The lion may eat somebody up.”