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 like the South American cities, because they were not clean, and also because he could not understand Spanish.

One day, when he had become discouraged with his and Dapples's lot, and wondered how much longer they would be kept there, he received a telegram from Mr. Bingham, requesting him to come to the city where they were to show the next day. The telegram concluded, "I have a proposition to make to you. Come at once."

Little dreaming of the surprise the circus owner had in store for Sir Wilton and himself, Freckles went, and it was from Mr. Bingham's lips that he heard the proposal that changed all the rest of Dapples's life, and his own as well.