"Certainly. We're the station town."
"Can you reach any of the circus folks?"
"Reach them?" responded the distant telephone operator animatedly. "The woods are full of them. They say the whole menagerie has escaped, and they're hunting for the animals everywhere. What do you want?"
"I want to talk with some one connected with the show—and—quick."
"All right I've just got to call to the street. Wait a minute."
Soon a new voice came over the telephone: "Hello."
"Who is that?" asked Andy promptly.
"Brophy."
"Oh, the chief hostler? Say, Mr. Brophy, this is Andy Wildwood."
"The acrobat?—where are you?"