"It was pretty dark, so we couldn't see very well," said he. "It might have been the chimpanzee."
"Would that chimpanzee steal a watch, and a camera, and a gun?" demanded the doctor's son.
"He'll take whatever happens to interest him," answered the boy from
the circus. "They are constantly trying to teach him new tricks.
If you'll remember, one of his tricks is to fire a gun into the air.
And another is to look at a watch and pretend to tell the time."
"That's so!" cried Snap. "I saw him do both at the show."
"Would he untie our boat?" asked Giant.
"He might."
"If it is the chimpanzee we'll have a hard job of it catching him," said Shep slowly. "He won't stay at the cabin, but roam from place to place—-and there is no telling what he'll do with our things."
"Don't forget the reward that has been offered," said Giant. "If we can find the chimpanzee we can get that as well as the reward for the lion."
Whopper and Tommy had not been bothered by the Spink crowd, and were of the opinion that the latter had shifted their camp to a new locality, closer to the lake.
"Well, let them keep their distance, that's all I ask," said the doctor's son.