THE MOVIE BOYS IN THE JUNGLE OR Lively Times Among the Wild Beasts BY VICTOR APPLETON _Author of “The Movie Boys on Call,” “The Movie Boys and the Wreckers,” etc._ [Illustration] GARDEN CITY NEW YORK GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. 1926 THE FAMOUS MOVIE BOYS SERIES BY VICTOR APPLETON _See back of book for list of titles_ COPYRIGHT, 1913, 1926, BY GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. CONTENTS PAGE I UNEXPECTED NEWS 1 II ON TO NEW YORK 12 III THE CIRCUS WRECK 22 IV A GREAT OPPORTUNITY 30 V OFF FOR AFRICA 40 VI AN OLD FRIEND 50 VII BAD NEWS 56 VIII INTO THE INTERIOR 65 IX THE SAFARI 72 X AT A BIG RISK 84 XI “FORWARD!” 93 XII AT THE BURNED STATION 103 XIII THE LION HUNT 113 XIV THE WRONG TRAIL 121 XV AT THE WATER HOLE 132 XVI A RHINOCEROS CHARGE 139 XVII THE ELEPHANT TRAIL 148 XVIII SOME RARE PICTURES 154 XIX A SHOT IN TIME 161 XX DOWN THE RIVER 167 XXI THE LONE MESSENGER 172 XXII AN AFRICAN CAMP 179 XXIII THE ATTACK 186 XXIV A VICTORY 196 XXV SISTER JESSIE 205 THE MOVIE BOYS IN THE JUNGLE CHAPTER I UNEXPECTED NEWS “That’s the way to do it! Jump right into the surf and get after her, Mr. Piper!” “Move a little faster, can’t you?” “If he doesn’t that big wave is going to get him as sure as fate!” “There he goes! Stop those moving picture machines, boys!” A big wave came tumbling up the beach, rolling over and over in its foamy grip a man clad in a life guard’s bathing costume; while farther up the sands two lads, at the handles of moving picture cameras, ceased grinding away at the film, and doubled up with mirth. Then, when the wave had spent its force, the man arose, got rid of the water in his eyes and the sand in his mouth, and exclaimed: “I knew it! I knew something would happen if you tried one of these lighthouse dramas! I’m done! I quit here and now!” “Oh, C. C., just one more trial!” pleaded a man who seemed to be a theatrical manager. “You can do it if you try again; I’m sure you can!” “Never again!” cried the man, and then the two boys and the other members of the company gathered about him to use their persuasion. “C. C. is up to his old tricks; isn’t he, Blake?” remarked one of the lads, as he looked at his moving picture machine to see how many feet of film had been registered. “That’s what he is, Joe,” responded the other youth. “But I don’t know as I can blame him this time. Something did happen, in spite of the fact that he’s always predicting calamities that seldom come to pass.”