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A solitary horseman might have been seen. 



G. P. R.James. 



ND so you are feeling very meek after 

 your road lesson and your runaway, 

 Esmeralda, and are a perfect Uriah 

 Heep for 'umbleness, and are, hence- 

 forth and forever, going to believe every sylla- 

 ble that your master utters, and to obey every 

 command the instant that it is given, and — 

 there, that will do ! And you are going to take 

 one private lesson so as to learn a few little 

 things before you display your progress before 

 any other pupils again ? One private lesson ! 

 Did your master advise it ? N-no, but he con- 

 sented to give it, when you had persuaded him 

 that it would be best for you ? When you had 

 persuaded him ? Behold the American pupil's 

 definition of obedience : to follow commands 

 dictated by herself ! However, there is no use 

 in trying to eradicate the ideas bequeathed and 



