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CHAPTER XVII
IN THE STORM
"Say, Mr. Hermit," said Bunny, as he and his sister Sue walked along with the nice, but strange man, who lived in the log cabin in the woods, "is it far to where grandpa's horses are, Mr. Hermit?"
"Well, little man, I'm not sure we can find your grandfather's horses," said the aged man with a smile at the two children, "All I know is that I saw some Gypsies camped over in the valley. It may be that they are the ones your grandfather is looking for. Would you know the horses if you saw them?"
"I would!" exclaimed Sue. "One of 'em has an awful nice long tail."
The hermit laughed.
"I fear that wouldn't be a very good way of telling your grandfather's horses from any others," said the old man. "Many horses have
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