rather find Prince than them. I wonder where he could have run to?"

"Oh, probably not far, after he got over being frightened. Doubtless
you'll hear of his being found, and then you can send for him, and
recover the papers."

"If only the saddle doesn't come off, and get lost," said Grace. "That
would be dreadful, for there would be no telling where to look for
it."

"Most likely it would be along some road. Prince would probably keep
to the highways, and if the girth should break and the saddle come off
it would be seen. Then, by the papers in the pockets, persons could
tell to whom it belonged."

"That is just it. Papa doesn't want anyone to see those papers. Some
of them have to be kept secret. Oh, I know he will feel dreadful about
the loss, and so will Grandma! It was partly her property that was
involved in the transaction."

"But they can't blame you."

"I hope not. I'll never be forgiven by Will for letting Prince throw
me and run away, though. He'll never let me take him again."

"It was partly Will's fault for not doing the errand himself,"
declared Mollie, with energy. "Then this might not have happened. Of
course I don't mean," she added hastily, "that I blame him in the
least for what happened to Dodo. But I mean the papers might not have
been lost, for he would likely have carried them in his coat pocket,