"What makes you think so?" questioned Lilly, peering keenly at the brown-faced Pony Rider Boy.
"He saw that deer before I did. He must have. Why didn't he shoot if he wanted it?"
"You're a sharp one," chuckled Lilly. "I reckon Pete will have to get up before daylight if he thinks to get ahead of my boys."
"Pete?" repeated Butler.
"I was just thinkin' out loud," explained Billy.
"Do I understand you to say that he tried to shoot you, Tad?" questioned Professor Zepplin.
"I wouldn't say that exactly. I don't think that at first he intended to hit me. Later on he was so mad that he would have done so had not Chunky held him in check."
"Stacy, I am pleased beyond words to know that you have in a measure redeemed yourself," declared the Professor with glowing face.
"Oh, I am always in my element when there is danger about. Yes, sir, I am a hummer when it comes to danger."
"Especially when a 'gator is chasing you," reminded Ned Rector.