t; have the hat pins — and you know they 

 ^ really are useful — and then she will dress 

 1 up to those hat pins, if it is only with a 

 ^^ fresh neck ribbon and a daisy at her belt." 

 ? I had a man's saddle, with a narrow 



- tree and high pommel and cantle, such 

 ^ as is used out West, and as I had not 

 ridden a horse since the hazy days of my 

 infancy, I got on the huge creature's back 

 with everything to learn. Fear envel- 

 oped me as in a cloud during my first 

 ride, and the possibilities of the little 

 cow pony they put me on seemed more 

 awe-inspiring than those of a locomo- 

 tive. But I had been reading Professor 

 William James and acquired from him 

 the idea (I hope I do not malign him) 

 that the accomplishment of a thing de- 

 pends largely upon one's mental attitude, 

 and this was mine all nicely taken — in 

 New York : — 



