. Toby Tyler : or, Ten weeks with a circus . idea of what he wasexpected to do, and that he had been on the wagon to whichhe had been sent, only leaving it to wash his face; but theangry man grew still more furious. Went to wash your face, did yer ? Want to set yourselfup for a dandy, I suppose, and think that you must sousethat speckled face of yours into every brook you come to ?Ill soon break you of that; and the sooner you understandthat I cant afford to have you wasting your time in wash-ing, the better it will be for you. Toby now grew angry, and not realizing how wholly hewas in the man
. Toby Tyler : or, Ten weeks with a circus . idea of what he wasexpected to do, and that he had been on the wagon to whichhe had been sent, only leaving it to wash his face; but theangry man grew still more furious. Went to wash your face, did yer ? Want to set yourselfup for a dandy, I suppose, and think that you must sousethat speckled face of yours into every brook you come to ?Ill soon break you of that; and the sooner you understandthat I cant afford to have you wasting your time in wash-ing, the better it will be for you. Toby now grew angry, and not realizing how wholly hewas in the mans power, he retorted, If you think Imgoing round with a dirty face, even if it is speckled, for adollar a week, youre mistaken, thats all. How many folkswould eat your candy if they knew you handled it over be-fore you washed your hands ? Oho! Ive picked up a preacher, have I? Now, I wantyou to understand, my bantam, that I do all the preaching • . 1I. .• . -. -x ^&\ , \ *-,,r - :*%;.! •• •.* V : -~-im ;^>fM IA ^ I I i. OLD BEN COMES TO THE RESCUE. Ten Weeks with a Circus. 49 as well as the practising myself, and this is about as quicka way as I know of to make you understand it. As the man spoke he grasped the boy by the coat-collarwith one hand, and with the other plied a thin rubber canewith no gentle force to every portion of Tobys body thathe could reach. Every blow caused the poor boy the most intense pain;but he determined that his tormentor should not have thesatisfaction of forcing an outcry from him, and he closedhis lips so tightly that not a single sound could escape fromthem. This very silence enraged the man so much that he re-doubled the force and rapidity of his blows, and it is im-possible to say what might have been the consequences hadnot Ben come that way just then, and changed the aspect ofaffairs. Up to your old tricks of whipping the boys, are you,Job ? he said, as he wrested the cane from the mans handand held him off at arms-length, to
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