ld them they could
not have Abe unless they did so.

"A bargain is a bargain," said the doctor's son. "You'll not
touch the chimpanzee unless you pay up."

The matter was argued hotly, but in the end the circus men gave
in, and two checks were made out, both payable to Dr. Reed, and
the boys signed the receipts. Then the circus men took the chimpanzee,
and walked down to the lake shore.

"Guess you don't want Tommy any more," cried Shep after them.

"No; we've got another kid to take his place," answered one of
the men.

"They'll have their hands full getting that lion and the chimpanzee
to town," said Snap, and he was right. But the work was accomplished
by the next day, and the pair were shipped on to the circus by train.

The young hunters remained in camp forty-eight hours longer, and
then packed up and moved down to Firefly Lake. Just previous to
going they let the Spink crowd have some more of their things,
for which the other lads were extremely grateful.

"Guess we better be friends after this," said Ham Spink. "It doesn't
pay to be on the outs."

"It doesn't," answered Shep readily.

On the return to Fairview the boy hunters camped out three nights,
and shot a variety of small game and also a deer. They took the
latter home and also the skin of the bear, which was afterward cured
and is now on the floor of the Dodge parlor."

"You have done exceedingly well," said Dr. Reed, when he had heard
their story and gone over their films and plates and pictures.
"These will make a grand collection, and are just what we wanted
for advertising purposes."

The money obtained for the capture of the lion was divided among
the four boy hunters, and the amount received for the chimpanzee
was placed to Tommy's credit by the doctor, and the former circus
boy went to live with the Reed family for the time being. Several
letters were sent to Tommy's missing sister, and at last word came
back from her. She had married a storekeeper who was rich, and she
asked that Tommy come to live with her.

"My, but that's grand!" cried Tommy. "Now I'll have a good home."

"I'm mighty glad of it," said Shep, and the other lads said the
same. Later they received letters from Tommy stating that his
sister and his brother-in-law treated him well and were going to
give him a fine education.

"Well, it was a great outing," said Snap, one day, when the boy
hunters were talking it over.

"We'll have to go out again some d