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 course would not bring back Sir Wilton. He had already lost one stallion, so why sacrifice another; besides, the black horse was the best native stallion on the island. So the crime went unpunished.

When the children heard the full story from their father they were heart-broken, for they remembered the little dappled colt as he had first appeared on the island. But their attention was soon claimed by another love.

About a week after the death of Sir Wilton, the black horse discovered little Dapples, Sir Wilton's son, who was then about six months old, running about in the hills with his mother. The sight of the small dappled colt, which was a living picture of his sire, so enraged the fury that he at once went after him to kill him. But the mare would not let him. She placed herself constantly between him and the object of his rage. A stallion will rarely attack a mare. He was greatly handicapped by the fact that he was now traveling on