That you,
Hiram? Taint no reg'lar leo-pod is it?"
"Reg'lar as church goin'; look on 'em yourself."
Harry Donnelle just stood there smiling. Then he said, "Have a look; it
won't cost you a cent."
After the man had looked and Harry had told him all about it, he hauled out
of his overalls a newspaper and said, "Lookee here."
We all crowded around him and Harry held the lantern so we could see the
paper.
"Jest fetched it from Kingston," the man said.
Then Harry began reading out loud. This is what he read, because I pasted
that article in our hike record book:
WILD ANIMAL AT LARGE
INFURIATED LEOPARD ESCAPES FROM VISITING
CIRCUS-ARMED POSSE SEARCHING WOODS
While transferring one of the leopards from a cage to a parade
wagon at Costello's Circus yesterday, the animal becoming
frightened at the sudden striking up of the brass band, forced
his way between the two barred enclosures and made its escape
from the circus grounds.
An attempt to shoot it as it crouched beneath a Roman chariot
in panic fright was unsuccessful, and before its keeper was
joined by others with revolvers, the animal had sped through
the adjacent fields, frightening some boys who were playing
ball, and was last seen at the foot of Merritt's hill, near
the west turnpike road.
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