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it, with a triumphant, " See how you like that, 

 sir," and then sawed his mouth. In half a minute 

 he was walking. In another the master was 

 beside her with words of approval. Theodore 

 galloped up, pale and anxious, and between 

 the two she had quite as much praise as was good 

 for her, and, being told of the position of the 

 whip, found her confidence in Ronald restored. 



"But you should never start up hastily," said 

 the master. " Take time for everything, and 

 check your horse the instant he goes faster 

 than you mean to have him. You are a good 

 girl, and you shall not be scolded, or snubbed, 

 either," he muttered, as the party came up, the 

 cavalryman and the Texan loud in praise, the 

 other four clamorous with questions and advice. 



" You look quite dishevelled," said the society 

 young lady agreeably. 



"Ladies often do after they have been on the 

 road a little while. Excuse me, but one of your 

 skirt buttons is unfastened," said the master, 

 and, not knowing how to pass her reins into her 

 right hand so as to use her left to repair the 

 accident, the society young lady was effectually 

 silenced, while the master, holding Esmeralda's 



