"It's the circus lion, Jed; the one that got away at Railings," explained Snap.
"Oh! Do ye really mean it?" And now Jed Sanborn was tremendously interested.
"Yes. We saw him on the mountain side and found a big pit and made a trap of it with some wildcat meat, and we caught him."
"Is he alive an' well?"
"Yes."
"Glory to Washington! Do you know them circus folks has offered a reward o' three hundred dollars fer that lion if caught alive?"
"Then the money is ours!" cried Shep. "Hurrah, boys, that suits me down to the ground!"
"Are you sure about the reward?" asked Snap.
"O' course—-I read the poster in the post-office. They'll give three hundred dollars fer the lion an' five hundred fer the eddicated chim—-what-you-call-him. You know."
"The educated chimpanzee," said Shep.