AY THE BIDIXG-SCHOOL. 



" Oh ! the dreadful creature has caught his 

 tail on my horse's bit," said the beauty. 



"Then you'd better take your horse's bit 

 away," retorted the other. " My horse's eyes 

 are not at that end of him, and he can't be 

 expected to look at his tail." 



" And you may be kicked," added the Texan. 

 " Check him a little ; there ! We ought not to 

 be so close together, and we ought to be moving 

 a little, I think. Shall we trot again ? " 



Everybody assented, the cavalryman and Ver- 

 satilia set off, the others followed as best they 

 might, the beauty " going to pieces " in a minute 

 or two, according to the master,the society young 

 lady stiffening visibly, losing the cadence of the 

 trot very soon, but making no outcry as she was 

 tossed about uncomfortably, and not bending 

 her head to look at her reins, as Versatilia did. 



"There's the advantage of training in other 

 things," said the master. " She's a good dancer 

 and a good amateur actress, and she is control- 

 ling herself as she would on a ballroom floor, 

 and remembering the spectators as she would 

 on the stage. She's no rider, but is perfectly 

 selfish and self-possessed, and she will cheat her 



