156

XIV. MR. CASTLE TEACHES TOBY TO RIDE 169

XV. TOBY'S FRIENDS PRESENT HIM WITH A COSTUME 184

XVI. TOBY'S FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE RING 197

XVII. OFF FOR HOME! 211

XVIII. A DAY OF FREEDOM 229

XIX. MR. STUBBS'S MISCHIEF, AND HIS SAD FATE 239

XX. HOME AND UNCLE DANIEL 252

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE

BREAKFAST IN THE WOODS _Frontispiece_

TOBY STRIKES A BARGAIN 11

TOBY AND HIS NEW FRIEND 27

TOBY'S FIRST NIGHT RIDE 33

OLD BEN COMES TO THE RESCUE 47

"WON'T YOU PLEASE GIVE ME THE MONEY BACK?" 59

TOBY GETS HIS SUPPER 73

JOB LORD LEARNS A LESSON 79

THE BREAK-DOWN, AND ESCAPE OF THE MONKEYS 89

BRINGING BACK THE RUNAWAYS 97

TOBY IS INTRODUCED TO THE ALBINOS 111

TOBY SITS DOWN ON MR. STUBBS 127

TOBY IN THE "WOMEN'S WAGON" 135

MR. STUBBS AND TOBY'S MONEY 151

TOBY AND THE LITTLE BOY CUSTOMERS 165

THE FIRST LESSON 173

ELLA AND TOBY 187

MADEMOISELLE JEANNETTE AND MONSIEUR AJAX 205

THE RUNAWAYS 225

"HOW I LOVE YOU, MR. STUBBS!" 249

UNCLE DANIEL'S BLESSING 263

TOBY TYLER;

OR,

TEN WEEKS WITH A CIRCUS.

CHAPTER I.

TOBY'S INTRODUCTION TO THE CIRCUS.

"Couldn't you give more'n six pea-nuts for a cent?" was a question asked
by a very small boy, with big, staring eyes, of a candy vender at a
circus booth. And as he spoke he looked wistfully at the quantity of
nuts piled high up on the basket, and then at the six, each of which now
looked so small as he held them in his hand.

"Couldn't do it," was the reply of the proprietor of the booth, as he
put the boy's penny carefully away in the drawer.

The little fellow looked for another moment at his purchase, and then
carefully cracked the largest one.

A shade--and a very deep shade it was--of disappointm