"And so is the watch," came from the doctor's son.
"And to think it was only a chimpanzee, after all!" cried Giant.
"'Only' is good!" exclaimed Shep. "He's had enough for anybody,
I'm thinking!"
As they came closer to their camp they heard Tommy talking in a loud voice to somebody. Wags was barking gaily.
"Now you sit still and behave yourself," the circus boy was saying.
"Then you'll get a fine lump of sugar."
"Talking to the dog, I suppose," said Whopper. "He thinks Wags——-No, he isn't, either. Well, I never! If this doesn't beat anything I ever saw!"
All came into the clearing and gazed in amazement at the sight presented. Chained to a tree was Abe, the chimpanzee, smiling and chattering, and in front of him were Tommy and the dog, the former with some sugar in his hand.
"Hullo!" cried Snap. "Did you catch him?"
"I certainly did!" answered the circus boy. "But I had the time of my life doing it. He ran up a tree, and he wouldn't come down until I offered him a handful of those nuts I found yesterday. They were too much of a temptation, and while I fed him nuts with one hand I took the kettle chain and tied him up as you see."
"Good for you!" said Whopper. "He must have known you, or I guess he would have run away."