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X Rover Goes to the Store 76

XI The Ducks A-Swimming Go 85

XII The Rescue 91

XIII Bobby's Horseback Ride 98

XIV The Big South Window 105

XV One Stormy Night 119

ILLUSTRATIONS

"'I can't stop to play now, I'm on important business'" Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

"'Hello, Robin Redbreast,' called Bobby, 'I'm glad you are back again'" 7

"Up, up, went the kite into the sky" 12

"When he saw it he cried, 'Somebody's been digging in my garden and here she is fast asleep'" 27

"Before they could run across the bridge, Old Bell Wether walked up out of the creek and started for home" 35

"'Stop, Father, stop!' he said" 58

"Bobby clung to Rover's collar until they reached shallow water" 94

"Bobby felt happy and grand. Prince felt happy and grand" 100

I

One cold morning in March, Bobby Hill was wakened by a sound he had not heard since last Fall,