Toby Tyler

ng eyes, of a candy vender at a circus booth. And as he spoke he looked wistfully at the quantity of nuts pil

proprietor of the booth, as he put the

er moment at his purchase, and the

nt passed over his face, and then, looking up anxiou

ng time; but one did pay it a visit just then, and he tossed the boy t

ether the question was asked in good faith, and then their own

at's a qu

expect that's the name that belongs to me. But

absence of other customers the man seemed disposed

nly call him so because all the

ur father a

much about 'em, an' Uncle Dan'l says they don't know much

those which he held in his hand: "I shouldn't wonder if all of these was bad. S'posen you give me tw

e number which Toby desired, "If I give you these, I suppose you'll want me to give you two

head if every o

ve you these besides; but I don't want you to buy any

as an event, and Toby had hardly thought of anything else since the highly colored posters had first been put up. It was yet quite early in the morning, and the tents were just being erected by the men. Toby had followed, wit

ed disposed to question the boy still further, probab

niel you say you live

ittin' so hard when I go to sleep, but I s'pose he's right about my eatin'. You see," and here his tone grew both confidential and mournful, "I am an awful eater, an' I

ever have en

t up ever since. I tried to get him to give me money enough to go into the circus with; but he said a cent was all he could spare these hard tim

make yourself si

ys I'd eat till I was sick, if I got th

ng; and as he sat there on the rather sharp point of the rock, swaying his body to and fro as he hugged his knees with his hands, and kept his ey

hard hearted man, and he did not make the slightest

d, hesitatingly, "I don't suppose you'd like to sell me so

head decidedly at

' I thought I'd just see what you'd say about it." And then he appeared suddenly to see somethin

ked Mr. Lord, after he had rearranged his stock of candy and had added a c

o, for I don't like to work as well as a feller without any father and mother ought to. I don't know why it is, but I guess it's b

ce, for I keep the stand under the bi

stomach, as he thought what bliss it must be to own all

he faced the booth and its ha

zingly, as he looked Toby over in a business way

d Toby. "Why, I'

flectively, "for it strikes me that you're about as fat now as a boy

ned to their widest extent as this possible opport

. Lord's turn to grow confidential, "I've had a boy with me this season, bu

ch a glorious life as Mr. Lord's assistant must lead; but he said not a word, waiting

dentially, "and yet that one seemed to think that he was tre

h Uncle Dan'l a week,

paying no attention to the interruption, "and I gave

t he wanted to w

end his whole week's wages at this very stand in one afternoon. And even after his money had all gon

n away from such a tender hearted employer and from such a desirable position. But even as h

Toby's sympathy; but, at all events, he gave him a large handful of nuts, and Toby never bothered his little round head as to what motive p

to help me set things to rights when we struck a town in the morning, and then tend to the counter till we left t

ner; but Toby was so busily engaged with his unexpected feast, and his mout

me like a boy that was made especially to help run a can

thful, and in a choking voice he answered, quickly, "I sho

boy, and you shall leav