"That monk certainly does understand Italian," admitted Lance. "I bet they are related."
"Lance is 'sore' on the Italian because he thinks Laura admires Tony," chuckled Chet.
"Be still!" commanded Laura. "You had better be nice to us girls or we won't keep the secret of how you boys took an involuntary bath to-day."
"'Nuff said," growled Chet. "I'm dumb."
The monkey was changing the gun from hand to shoulder, and holding it in different positions supposedly in imitation of a soldier's drill. But some of the audience laughed at its awkwardness.
"The Italian army must drill differently from ours," said Dora Lockwood.
"Did you ever see anything so funny?" laughed her twin.
Tony overheard them and his eyes flashed. He boxed the poor monkey on the side of the head, and it ran chattering to the end of its line.
"Aw, say!" exclaimed the good natured Lance. "Isn't that mean?"
"It's not a very smart monkey at that," said a man in the crowd.