"Oh, rats! don't you understand? Frank's making a trap!" Larry replied.
"Rats—a trap!" repeated the runt, mystified by the coming together of these two significant words. "But what does he have to go to all that trouble for? I'd think one of them ordinary regular wire traps would fill the bill as well."
Larry looked at him queerly, as if making up his mind whether the other meant it, or was simply joshing him.
"This is a man-trap!" he said, severely.
"Oh! my!" Elephant gasped; and then fell to watching Frank more intently than ever, as he continued to work on.
"And," continued Larry, "if you wake up in the night, and hear the most awful racket in the wide world, make sure we've caught something, do you understand, Elephant?"
"Meaning Jules?" queried the other, in an awed tone.
"Meaning Jules," repeated Larry, mocking the other by even assuming his manner.
"But do you really think he'll drop in on us, Larry?" the small boy asked.
"Wouldn't surprise me one little bit," returned his tormentor, calmly. "You heard what the Colonel was saying about those Spanish brigands who captured him—well, this Jules is just the same sort of customer, revengeful, desperate and ready to take almost any sort of chances, if he sees an opening. And Frank is that accommodating, he means to have a most inviting opening ready, so Jules can't resist the temptation to stick his nose in. Then slam! bang! and it's all over with Jules but the shouting, believe me."