DRAGON SLAIN BY REGULUS. (upper left)
SCYLLA OF THE SEVEN HEADS. (upper right)
MERMAN FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN. (lower left)
THE DRAGON OF THE DRACHENFELS. (lower right)
Monsters Thought Real by the Ancients.
These pictures are taken from professedly scientific works of the Middle Ages.
“Was yours one of that kind?”
“Mine,” said his father, with a twinkle in his eye, “was a real dragon.”
“But it couldn’t be, Father. You said the other gang had something to do with it!”
“They unearthed him from his lair,” the other answered. “I suppose I’ll have to tell you just how it all happened, Perry, and then you’ll see if you don’t think I deserve a triumph, just as much as Regulus did!”