You've told Job you wanted
to leave, an' he 'll be watchin' you all the time to see that you
don't give him the slip. Now what's the consequence? Why, you can't
get away for a while, anyhow, an' you'd better try to amount to
something while you are here. Perhaps after you've got so you can
ride you may want to stay; an' I'll see to it that you get all of
your wages, except enough to pay Castle for learnin' of you."
"I sha'n't want to stay," said Toby. "I wouldn't stay if I could
ride all the horses at once an' was gettin' a hundred dollars a
day."
"But you can't ride one horse, an' you hain't gettin' but a dollar
a week, an' still I don't see any chance of your gettin' away yet
awhile," said Ben, in a matter of fact tone, as he devoted his
attention again to his horses, leaving Toby to his own sad reflections
and the positive conviction that boys who run away from home do
not have a good time, except in stories.
The next forenoon, while Toby was deep in the excitement of selling
to a boy no larger than himself, and with just as red hair, three
cents' worth of peanuts and two sticks of candy, and while the boy
was trying to induce him to "throw in" a piece of gum, because of
the quantity purchased, Job Lord called him aside, and Toby knew
that his troubles had begun.
"I want you to go in an' see Mr. Castle; he's goin' to show you
how to ride," said Mr.
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