98 IN THE RIDING-SCHOOL. 



might leave you out, were it produced suddenly 

 and unexpectedly by " dot leetle Sherman band," 

 and it is undoubtedly true that, were you a rider, 

 music would exhilarate you, quicken your mo- 

 tions, stimulate your nerves, and assist you as 

 it assists a soldier when marching. It is also 

 true that it will aid even you somewhat, by in- 

 dicating on what step you should rise, so that 

 your motions will not alternate with those of 

 your horse, to your discomfiture and his disgust, 

 and that thus, by mechanically executing the 

 movement, you may acquire the power of see- 

 ing that you are not performing it when you 

 rise once a minute or thereabouts, but a music 

 ride is an exercise which a wise pupil will not 

 take until advised thereto by her master. Still, 

 have your own way ! Why did George Wash- 

 ington and the other fathers of the republic 

 exist, if its daughters must be in bondage to 

 common sense and expediency ? 



Borrow Nell's habit once more, for the criti- 

 cism to be undergone on the road is mild com- 

 pared to that of a gallery of spectators before 

 whom you must repeatedly pass in review, and 

 who may select you as the object of their 



