When once the door was fastened upon him Toby tried to impress upon
his monkey friend's mind the importance of being more sedate, and
he was convinced that the words had sunk deep into Mr. Stubbs's
heart, for, by the time he had concluded, the old monkey was seated
in the corner of the cage, looking up from under his shaggy eyebrows
in the most reproachful manner possible.
Toby felt sorry that he had spoken so harshly, and was about to
make amends for his severity, when Mr. Lord's gruff voice recalled
him to the fact that his time was not his own, and he therefore
commenced his day's work, but with a lighter heart than he had had
since he stole away from Uncle Daniel and Guilford.
This day was not very much different from the preceding one so
far as the manner of Mr. Lord and his partner toward the boy was
concerned; they seemed to have an idea that he was doing only about
half as much work as he ought to, and both united in swearing at
and abusing him as much as possible.
So far as his relations with other members of the company were
concerned, Toby now stood in a much better position than before.
Those who had witnessed the scene told the others how Toby had led
in the monkeys on the night previous, and nearly every member of
the company had a kind word for the little fellow whose head could
hardly be seen above the counter of Messrs.
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