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O a simple country boy like Freckles, who had scarcely been outside his own town before he joined the circus, the trip across the great western plains to California was a revelation. If he was amazed at the endless stretches of western prairie land, he was still more amazed at the sight of the Rockies with their snow-capped peaks. Higher and higher the train mounted, until the summit was reached, and then they dropped down into the land of sunshine, so beloved by all Californians.

They did not stop in the middle of the state, but journeyed southward toward Los Angeles, down into the southern portion of the state, and finally Freckles