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 for the small horse. They finally made a portable frame for the swing, so that Dapples could be shipped in it when the time should come.

After spending the better part of the night over Sir Wilton, the veterinary said good-bye to him and to Freckles, and started after the circus, which had already departed.

So, for the second time, the chums were left behind, while the circus rattled on its way.

Freckles spent most of his time with Sir Wilton, talking to him, or reading quietly in the shade of a large tree which stood near the stable. Freckles himself boarded at a hotel, but he had little heart to explore the town. He and Dapples had explored so many cities together that it seemed wrong for him to go alone as long as his little horse friend could not go. Thus a tedious month dragged by.

Although it was winter, yet Freckles thought it very hot. He did not much