"
Toby wanted very much to ask more questions, but he wisely concluded
that it would not be agreeable to his companion.
"I'll ask the old man about it," said Toby to himself, referring to
the aged monkey, whom he seemed to feel acquainted with; "he most
likely knows, if he'll say anything."
After this the conversation ceased, until Toby again ventured to
suggest, "It's a pretty long drive, hain't it?"
"You want to wait till you've been in this business a year or two,"
said Ben, sagely, "an' then you won't think much of it. Why, I've
known the show towns to be thirty miles apart, an' them was the
times when we had lively work of it. Riding all night and working
all day kind of wears on a fellow."
"Yes, I s'pose so," said Toby, with a sigh, as he wondered whether
he had got to work as hard as that; "but I s'pose you get all you
want to eat, don't you?"
"Now you've struck it!" said Ben, with the air of one about to impart
a world of wisdom, as he crossed one leg over the other, that his
position might be as comfortable as possible while he was initiating
his young companion into the mysteries of the life. "I've had all
the boys ride with me since I've been with this show, an' I've
tried to start them right; but they didn't seem to profit by it,
an' always got sick of the show an' run away, just because they
didn't look out for themselves as they ought to.
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