Leo was about to answer when Ben was pushed to one side and the portly form of Daniel Hawkins appeared.
“Ha! ha! So I have found you at last, you scamp!” he cried in a rage. “A pretty run you have given me! And made me pay out twenty-five cents, too, to come in the fair after you!”
Leo was taken completely aback. He had not dreamed that the farmer would follow him into the grounds.
“I’ll skin you!” stormed the man, seeing the boy did not immediately answer him.
“Not much you won’t,” put in Ben Barkley.
“What have you to do with this?” howled Daniel, turning to the rich boy.
“You have no right to abuse Leo,” responded Ben.
“This is none of your business!”
“Hold him a minute, Ben!” suddenly shouted Leo. “Hold him!”
As the boy spoke he drew from his pocket a clasp-knife.