CHAPTER VI.
TARBOX IS DEFEATED.
The performance had not commenced—indeed, half an hour would elapse before the hour fixed—and several of the performers were to be seen among the spectators about the cages of the animals. One of these Tarbox recognized.
"Look at that boy!" he said, clutching the constable's arm.
He pointed to Robert Rudd and Charlie Davis, the two young riders, who were walking together.
"What of him?" asked Spriggins.
"That's the young villain that was with Enoch."
Spriggins inwardly wished that the warrant was for Robert instead of the giant.
"Why didn't you arrest him instead of the giant?" he asked.
"Perhaps I will yet, for he trespassed on my grounds; but it was Enoch that shook me up and killed Bruiser. Look here, young feller," he said, addressing Robert.