At this moment Toby saw Mr. Lord enter the tent, and he knew that
the summons to start was about to be given.

"Goodby," he said to the monkey, as he vainly tried to take him
by the hand again. "Remember what I've told you, an' don't forget
that Toby Tyler is feelin' worse tonight than if he was twice as
big an' twice as good."

Mr. Lord had come to summon him away, and he now told Toby that he
would show him with which man he was to ride that night.

Toby looked another goodby at the venerable monkey, who was watching
him closely, and then followed his employer out of the tent, among
the ropes and poles and general confusion attendant upon the removal
of a circus from one place to another.



III: THE NIGHT RIDE


The wagon on which Mr. Lord was to send his new found employee was,
by the most singular chance, the one containing the monkeys, and
Toby accepted this as a good omen. He would be near his venerable
friend all night, and there was some consolation in that. The
driver instructed the boy to watch his movements, and when he saw
him leading his horses around, "to look lively and be on hand, for
he never waited for anyone."

Toby not only promised to do as ordered, but he followed the