"
"Be careful in what you do, my boy," said the skeleton, sagely, as
he arranged a large cushion in an armchair, and proceeded to make
ready for his after dinner nap; "be sure that you're all ready before
you start, an', when you do go, get a good ways ahead of him; for
if he should ever catch you the trouncin' you'd get would be awful."
Toby assured his friends that he would use every endeavor to make
his escape successful when he did start; and Mrs. Treat, with an
eye to the boy's comfort, said, "Let me know the night you're goin',
an' I'll fix you up something to eat, so's you won't be hungry
before you come to a place where you can buy something."
As these kind hearted people talked with him, and were ready thus
to aid him in every way that lay in their power, Toby thought that
he had been very fortunate in thus having made so many kind friends
in a place where he was having so much trouble.
It was not until he heard the sounds of preparation for departure
that he left the skeleton's tent, and then, with Mr. Stubbs clasped
tightly to his breast, he hurried over to the wagon where Old Ben
was nearly ready to start.
"All right, Toby," said the old driver, as the boy came in sight.
"I was afraid you was goin' to keep me waitin' for the first time.
Jump right up on the box, for there hain't no time to lose, an'
I guess you'll have to carry the monkey in your arms, for I don't
want to stop to open the cage now.
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