"
"I didn't think anything about that; but I s'pose I'll sleep in
the wagon, won't I?"
"You can sleep at the hotel, if you want to; but the beds will
likely be dirty; an' if you take my advice you'll crawl into some
of the wagons in the tent."
Ben then explained to him that, after his work was done that
night, he would not be expected to report for duty until the time
for starting on Sunday night, and concluded his remarks by saying:
"Now you know what your rights are, an don't you let Job impose
on you in any way. I'll be round here after you get through work,
an' we'll bunk in somewhere together."
The arrival of Messrs. Lord and Jacobs put a stop to the conversation,
and was the signal for Toby's time of trial. It seemed to him, and
with good reason, that the chief delight these men had in life was
to torment him, for neither ever spoke a pleasant word to him; and
when one was not giving him some difficult work to do, or finding
fault in some way, the other would be sure to do so; and Toby had
very little comfort from the time he began work in the morning
until he stopped at night.
It was not until after the evening performance was over that Toby
had a chance to speak with Mr. Stubbs, and then he was so tired
that he simply took the old monkey from the cage, nestled him under
his jacket, and lay down with him to sleep in the place which Old
Ben had selected.
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