At all events,
there was no sleep for his eyes that night; and when, just about
daylight, the train halted to wait a more seasonable hour in which
to enter the town, the thought of what he might have done with his
lost money was still in Toby's mind.
Only once did he speak crossly to the monkey, and that was when
he put him into the cage preparatory to commencing his morning's
work. Then he said:
"You wouldn't had to go into this place many times more if you
hadn't been so wicked, for by tomorrow night we'd been away from
this circus an' on the way to home an' Uncle Dan'l. Now you've
spoiled my chance an' your own for a good while to come, an' I hope
before the day is over you'll feel as bad about it as I do."
It seemed to Toby as if the monkey understood just what he said
to him, for he sneaked over into one corner, away from the other
monkeys, and sat there looking very penitent and very dejected.
Then, with a heavy heart, Toby began his day's work.
Hard as had been Toby's lot previous to losing his money, and
difficult as it had been to bear the cruelty of Mr. Job Lord and
his precious partner, Mr. Jacobs, it was doubly hard now while this
sorrow was fresh upon him.
Previous to this, when he had been kicked or cursed by one or the
other of the partners, Toby thought exultantly that the time was not
very far distant when he should be beyond the reach of his brutal
taskmasters, and that thought had given him strength to bear all
that had been put upon him.
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