toward their own tent.

Toby gazed after them a moment, and then he commenced a vigorous
attack upon the eatables which had been so kindly given him. Of
the food which he had taken from the dinner table he had eaten some
while he was in the tent, and after that he had entirely forgotten
that he had any in his pocket; therefore, at the time that Mrs. Treat
had brought him such a liberal supply he was really very hungry.

He succeeded in eating nearly all the food which had been brought
to him, and the very small quantity which remained he readily found
room for in his pockets. Then he washed the plate nicely; and seeing
no one in sight, he thought he could leave the booth long enough
to return the plate.

He ran with it quickly into the tent occupied by the thin man and
fat woman, and handed it to her, with a profusion of thanks for
her kindness.

"Did you eat it all?" she asked.

"Well," hesitated Toby, "there was two doughnuts an' a piece of
pie left over, an' I put them in my pocket. If you don't care, I'll
eat them some time tonight."

"You shall eat it whenever you want to; an' any time that you get
hungry again you come right to me."

"Thank you, marm. I must go now, for I left the store all alone."