CHAPTER III. 



HOW CURIOSITIES TOR TH1 

 GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH 

 ARE CAPTURED. 



"HELLOA, Bob! where are 

 you?" 



"I will be with you in a 

 minute." 



Bob Marshall recognized 

 the call as that of his cousin, 

 Dick Brownell, who, like sev- 

 eral other members of the 

 hunting party, was out alone 

 for game. The youths, who 

 were about the same age, were 

 not far apart, and, a few min- 

 utes later, they met in th 

 gloom of the gathering night 



Bob quickly related his ad- 

 venture with the two leopards. 



"That's lucky," said hi 

 friend, "for I am interested 

 in them, or rather I was be- 

 fore they were shot" 



"How is that?" 



"The two kittens of the 

 mother are tumbling about in 



