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Be good to yourselves , now , and here 's wishing you the best of luck , '' and with that he passed from their sight . After that Toby seemed to have but one object in life , which was to hatch up a clever scheme whereby the educated monkey could be trapped . He wandered around in the near vicinity of the camp , with his eyes constantly searching the branches of the trees in the vague hope that he might discover the runaway snugly squatted in some crotch and fast asleep . `` I believe Toby 's got an idea he 's able to jabber monkey talk , '' said Steve , after the day was fairly well spent , and they could hardly coax Toby to come in to his midday meal , much less do his share of cooking ; `` and that he expects , if only he , might find where that slick old Link holds out , he could pan-handle him , and get him to come into camp with us . '' `` Now you 're hewing pretty close to the line , '' commented Bandy-legs , `` and I 'll let you know why . Toby 's got a handful of the nut stuff in his pocket . I saw him get it out of the bag the circus man left with us .