"Tarbox is a coward. But here are two boys coming; they belong to the circus. I will ask them."
Robert and Charlie Davis were coming up the road. No sooner had their enemy fled than they descended from the trees in whose branches they had taken refuge, and started on their way home, laughing heartily at the farmer's fright.
"I say, boys," said Mr. Dunlap, "don't you two boys belong to the circus?"
"Yes, sir," answered Robert.
"What's this story I hear about a tiger having escaped from his cage?"
"Who told you?" asked Robert.
"Mr. Tarbox."
"Did he see him?"
"He said the tiger chased him all the way home."