. Toby Tyler : or, Ten weeks with a circus . to deal with whenyou get hold of me! said a womans voice; and, just asMr. Lord raised his foot to kick the boy again, the FatWoman seized him by the collar, jerked him back over oneof the tent ropes, and left him quite as prostrate as he hadleft Toby. Now, Job Lord, said the angry woman, asshe towered above the thoroughly enraged but thoroughlyfrightened man, I want you to understand that you cantknock and beat this boy while Im around. Ive seen enoughof your capers, an Im going to put a stop to them. Thatboy wasnt in this tent more than two minutes
. Toby Tyler : or, Ten weeks with a circus . to deal with whenyou get hold of me! said a womans voice; and, just asMr. Lord raised his foot to kick the boy again, the FatWoman seized him by the collar, jerked him back over oneof the tent ropes, and left him quite as prostrate as he hadleft Toby. Now, Job Lord, said the angry woman, asshe towered above the thoroughly enraged but thoroughlyfrightened man, I want you to understand that you cantknock and beat this boy while Im around. Ive seen enoughof your capers, an Im going to put a stop to them. Thatboy wasnt in this tent more than two minutes, an he at-tends to his work better than any one you have ever had;so see that you treat him decent. Get up, she said to Toby,who had not dared to rise from the ground; and if lieoffers to strike you again, come to me. Toby scrambled to his feet, and ran to the booth in timeto attend to one or two customers who had just come could see from out the corner of his eye that Mr. Lordhad arisen to his feet also, and was engaged in an angry. JOB LORD LEARNS A LESSON. Ten Weeks with a Circus. Si conversation with Mrs. Treat, the result of which he verymuch feared would be another and a worse whipping forhim. But in this he was mistaken, for Mr. Lord, after the con-versation was ended, came toward the booth, and began toattend to his business without speaking one word to Mr. Jacobs returned from his supper Mr. Lord tookhim by the arm and walked him out toward the rear ofthe tents; and Toby was very positive that he was to bethe subject of their conversation, which made him not alittle uneasy. It was not until nearly time for the performance to beginthat Mr. Lord returned, and he had nothing to say to Tobysave to tell him to go into the tent and begin his work boy was only too glad to escape so easily, and he wentto his work with as much alacrity as if he were about enter-ing upon some pleasure. When he met Mr. Jacobs that gentleman spoke to himvery sharply abou
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