88 IN THE BIDING-SCHOOL. 



but I am talking to teach you, and when I say 

 ' This is wrong ! This is wrong ! ' and again 

 ' This is wrong ! ' I do it for you, not for my- 

 self. When your father and mother say ' This 

 is wrong ; you must not do it, or you will be 

 sorry,' you do not look at them as if you 

 thought them unreasonable — or, I trust that 

 you do not," he adds, mentally. " Heaven 

 only knows what an American girl may do 

 when anybody says, ' You must not ' to her. 



"Now," he goes on aloud, "it is the same 

 with your teacher; he says 'You are wrong,' 

 lest you should be sorry by and by, and he is 

 patient and says it many times, as your father 

 and mother do, and he says it every time that 

 you do anything wrong, unless you do so many 

 wrong things at once that he cannot speak of 

 each one. Now you shall turn to the right, 

 and remember that a turn is half a stop. Go 

 across the school and then turn to the left ! 

 Keep a firm hold on your right rein now so as 

 to keep your horse close to the wall. Where, 

 where are your toes ? It was not necessary to 

 make you turn so as to see your right foot 

 through your riding habit as I can now, to 



