"Well, he might give me something to eat."
"Hungry?"
The boy nodded.
"Well, we'll give you something to eat---all you want---if you are
quite sure you didn't take the boat," answered the doctor's son.
"I told you the truth."
"Then get into the boat again, and we'll row to our camp."
The three got in, the strange boy sitting in the stern. Shep and
Snap took up the oars and soon the craft was heading for the cove
where it had been tied up the night before. A shot was fired to
notify Giant and Whopper that the boat had been found.
"What's your name?" asked Snap on the way.
"Tommy Cabot; but up to the show they called me Buzz."
"Are your folks with the circus?"
"My folks are dead---that is, my father and mother are. I've got
a sister somewhere, older than myself, but I don't know just where
she is."
"How did you happen to go with the circus?" asked Shep.
"They picked me up at Centerport. They saw that I was limber and
could do a turn or two, and they made me join. They promised me
good wages and a fine time, but as soon as we got on the road they
treated me worse than my dog.
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