Suppose I had!" "It would have been all over with you," replied Tom, hardly less startled than they; "I meant to stay awake all night, but forgot myself." "Perhaps he has got out," suggested the mother; "I don't understand why he has kept so quiet." While they were talking, a call came from the roadway again.

When they looked out, four horsemen were seen.
"We find it impossible to locate that beast," explained the one that had done the talking the night before; "I hardly suppose you have seen anything more of him." Before Mrs.Gordon or Aunt Cynthia could reply, Tom asked,-- "Did you say you would give a hundred dollars to any one that gets that tiger without hurting him ?" "We'll be glad to do that, sonny, or if he will show us where he is so we can capture him." "Will you give a hundred dollars to have him in the woodshed there ?" "Indeed we will." "Very well; _he's there!_".