"Did you give out any such information as that?"
Teddy shook his head.
"Who did?"
"I won't tell. You can't make me tell," retorted the
Circus Boy belligerently.
"But you were responsible for the rumor getting out?"
Teddy did not answer.
"And those poor fellows are lying there on the siding, twenty miles from the nearest telegraph office?"
"I guess so." Tucker grinned broadly.
"And how are they going to get out?"
"Walk!"