"At once there was a shout of terror. The crowd scattered in all
directions, forgetting the spectacle at which, the moment before,
they had been laughing heartily, and the little tailor, no longer
little, was left alone in the market-place.
" 'Good heavens!' he exclaimed in bewilderment, stretching out
his brawny arm, nearly five feet in length, and staring at it in
ludicrous astonishment, 'who'd have thought that I should ever be
so tall?'
"To tell the truth, the little man--I mean Mr. Tubbs--at first
rather enjoyed his new magnitude. He had experienced
mortification so long on account of his diminutive stature, that
he felt a little exhilarated at the idea of being able to look
down on those to whom he had hitherto felt compelled to look up.
It was rather awkward to have people afraid of him. As he turned
to leave the square, for the exhibitor of the show had run off in
the general panic, he could see people looking at him from
third-story windows, and pointing at him with outstretched
fingers and mouths agape.
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