"They must be the fellows who were discharged for drunkenness," whispered Snap.
"Yes; and they are laying plans to square up with the proprietor," added Whopper. "Wonder what they will do?"
"If they are up to anything unlawful, they ought to be exposed," was Mr. Jally's comment. He, too, had heard of the quarrel of the afternoon before.
"I don't care to put myself out to help that circus man," said Snap. "He is responsible for what happened to that sick boy. At the same time, I know 'two wrongs don't make a right.`"
The men continued to talk, but in such low tones that the others could only catch a word or two. Something was said about a lion and a chimpanzee and a toolhouse, but the boys could not imagine what the circus men had in mind to do.
Presently one of the circus men got up from his seat and walked around the lumber piles. When he saw the boys and Mr. Jally he uttered a whistle of surprise. Then he turned back to his companions, and all three of the men hurried away into the woods skirting the railroad tracks.
CHAPTER V
SOMETHING ABOUT A LION
"They are certainly up to something," was Snap's comment.
"Yes; and I'd give something to know just what it is," added the doctor's son.