“And you wish you were there to go with them, don't you?” asked the skeleton, sympathetically.
“Indeed I do!” exclaimed Toby, quickly. “It's twice as good as any circus that ever was.”
“But you didn't think so before you came with us, did you?”
“I didn't know so much about circuses then as I do now,” replied the boy, sadly.
Mr. Treat saw that he was touching on a sore subject, and one which was arousing sad thoughts in his little companion's mind, and he hastened to change it at once.
“Then I can tell Lilly that you'll come, can I?”
“Oh yes, I'll be sure to be there; an' I want you to know just how good I think you both are to me.”
“That's all right, Toby,” said Mr. Treat, with a pleased expression on his face; “an' you may bring Mr. Stubbs with you, if you want.”
“Thank you,” said Toby. “I'm sure Mr. Stubbs will be just as glad to come as I shall. But where will we be tomorrow?”
“Right here. We always stay over Sunday at the place where we show Saturday. But I must be going, or Lilly will worry her life out of her for fear I'm somewhere getting cold. She's awful careful of me, that woman is. You'll be on hand tomorrow at one o'clock, won't you?”