The little girl appeared highly delighted by this information, and
expressed her joy.
"It will be real nice," she said to Toby, after Mr. Castle had left
them alone. "I can help you lots, and it won't be very long before
we can do an act all by ourselves in the performance, and then
won't the people clap their hands when we come in!"
"It 'll be better for you tomorrow than it will for me," said Toby,
rubbing his legs sorrowfully, still feeling the sting of the whip.
"You see, Mr. Castle won't dare to whip you, an' he 'll make it all
count on me, 'cause he knows Mr. Lord likes to have him whip me."
"But I sha'n't make any mistake," said Ella, confidently, "and so
you won't have to be whipped on my account; and while I am on the
horse you can't be whipped, for he couldn't do it without whipping
me, so you see you won't get only half as much."
Toby brightened up a little under the influence of this argument;
but his countenance fell again as he thought that his chances for
getting away from the circus were growing less each day.
"You see I want to get back to Uncle Dan'l an' Guilford," he said,
confidentially; "I don't want to stay here a single minute."
Ella opened her eyes in wide astonishment as she cried: "Don't want
to stay here? Why don't you go home, then?"
"'Cause Job Lord won't let me," said Toby, wondering if it was
possible that his little companion did not know exactly what sort
of a man his master was.
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