IN THE BIDING-SCHOOL. 73 



This was too much for the " beast" to en- 

 dure ; a moving house he was beginning to 

 regard as tolerable, but a house which stopped 

 short and glared at him with all its windows 

 was more than horse nature could endure, and 

 he started for the next county to institute an 

 inquiry as to whether such actions were to be 

 allowed, but found himself forced to stop, and 

 not altogether comfortable, while the master 

 cried good-naturedly : " Go along and take care 

 of your car. I'll take care of my horse! " 



" More than some other folks can do," said 

 the driver, with a quiet grin at the lawyer, whose 

 angry, " Here, what are you doing ! ' shouted to 

 his plunging steed, had brought all the women 

 in the car to the front, to explain to one another 

 that "that man was abusing his horse, poor 

 thing." 



The car glided off, and Versatilia turned to 

 look at it; her horse stumbled slightly, jerking 

 her wrists sharply, and but for the cavalryman's 

 quick shifting of the reins to his right hand and 

 his strong grasp of her reins with his left, she 

 might have been in danger. 



11 Never look back," lectured the master. 



