BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge

CONTENTS.

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I.	The Language of the Animals	[1]
II.	A Ride on the Black Stallion	[19]
III.	Gristle, the Gray Pony, begins his Story	[34]
IV.	Gristle, the Gray Pony, concludes his Story	[52]
V.	Rambler, the Track Dog, begins his Story	[69]
VI.	A Run through the Woods	[86]
VII.	Rambler, the Track Dog, concludes his Story	[103]
VIII.	Grunter, the White Pig	[120]
IX.	The White Pig’s Story	[137]
X.	The Black Stallion’s Story	[155]
XI.	Free Polly’s Story	[172]
XII.	The Army marches by	[187]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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Drusilla fell on the Ground in a heap	[Frontispiece.]
Buster John went forward and knocked	[6]
Aaron showing the Mirror	[10]
A Ride on the Black Stallion	[26]
A Rabbit jumped up at their feet	[38]
They carried him some Green Corn	[42]
The Slave Train	[46]
Ben Ali had found two Friends	[54]
A Rabbit dashed across the Road	[76]
Old Grizzly brought him back	[82]
I was close to the Rabbit	[86]
Mammy say dey wus courtin’	[90]
I looked up and whined	[104]
Young Grizzly bowed low	[114]
The White Pig grew strong and dangerous	[122]
Grunter asking the Red Squirrels for Nuts	[134]
The White Pig tells his Story	[140]
A Wild Cat was watching me	[144]
Look on the Hill yonder	[148]
The Gray Mare leaped away from me	[164]
The White-haired Master cut the Rope	[168]
Aaron toted him down de Tree	[182]
De Squinch Owl lighted on A’on’s Hand	[184]
Two Soldiers rode along	[188]
His Eyes lingered on the Portrait	[192]