Chapter I: Front Matter

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BONNIE PRINCE FETLAR

MARSHALL SAUNDERS

Come, walk the open road with us,
Far out beyond the town,
Where all the winds of Arcady
Go wandering up and down.
If problems vex, if cares perplex,
O leave them all behind.
Step lightly here, with vision clear,
And free, inquiring mind.

LILIAN LEVERIDGE.

BONNIE PRINCE FETLAR

THE STORY OF A PONY AND HIS FRIENDS

BY

MARSHALL SAUNDERS

AUTHOR OF "BEAUTIFUL JOE," "THE WANDERING DOG," ETC.

NEW YORK

GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1920,

BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I THE BOY WITH THE PALE EYES 9

II THE MAN AND THE BOY 19

III THREE FRIENDS ON DEER TRAIL 27

IV THE WOLF AND THE LAMB 39

V A COWARD STANDS ASIDE 52

VI THE BELOVED LIAR 62

VII PRIZE PIGS AND THEIR DOG FRIENDS 77

VIII A GREAT SECRET 95

IX CASSOWARY TRIES MY PACES 107

X EARLY MORNING ON DEVERING FARM 118

XI ANOTHER LIE 134

XII THE DRIVE TO THE GAME WARDEN'S 148

XIII BOLSHY THE RUSSIAN 168

XIV THE WHITE PHANTOM 180

XV A NIGHT PROWLER 191

XVI THE HIGHLANDER WALKS 202

XVII A MYSTERIOUS LAMB 210

XVIII THE ARRIVAL OF THE PONIES 220

XIX CASSOWARY LOSES HER TEMPER ONCE 229

XX CASSOWARY LOSES HER TEMPER TWICE 241

XXI A FLIGHT BY NIGHT 253

XXII BACK TO THE HOME STABLE 264

XXIII MY MASTER LOSES GROUND 275

XXIV THE MOTHER MYSTERY 287

XXV WE HAUNT THE WOODS 297

XXVI THE GREEN LADY AND THE BROWN MAN 310

XXVII FATHER, MOTHER AND CHILD 319

XXVIII THE FIRE AT WIDOW DETOVER'S 325

XXIX A RUSSIAN PRINCESS 330

XXX AN END AND A BEGINNING 341

BONNIE PRINCE FETLAR