Well, you see the way of it was this: there was the biggest crowd I ever seed at the circus,--don't believe any other circus in the country ever had so many people there.
Everything was going 'long all right, when what did Sam Harper do, but reach out with a stick and punch it in the eye of the tiger, Tippo Sahib?
The minute he done it, the tiger let out a yell that you would have heerd a mile off, and, afore Sam could get out of the way, the tiger smashed right out of the cage and was among the people, chawing them up.

He had his well eye on Sam, and crushed his head like an eggshell, with one bite! Then he made a sweep with his paw, and knocked Jack Habersham clean out the tent.

He must have gone a hundred feet through the air, for he come down on top of the steeple, and is there yet with the spire sticking up through him.

Then he hit Bill Dunham such a clip that he sailed out through the same hole in the tent that Jack passed through.

When I left, Bill hadn't been seed by anybody.