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“Certain,” said Jim. 
“I’ll give you a fiver if you mount him.” said 
Mace, “and make it a tenner if you tame him.” 
“Mean it?” said Jim. 
“Genuine,” said Mace with a smile. “Will 
you try?” 
“Yes.” said Jim, “if the other fellows don’t 
object.” 
Henry Mace shouted to the men. 
“I’ve got a man here who says he can mount 
that horse and tame him. Let Jim Brody have 
a turn at him.” 
The men laughed, and seemed to think they 
were in for some fun. The buckjumper had 
given them more than enough. They were 
quite willing to watch Jim Brody hurled into 
space, if he succeeded in mounting the horse. 
They stood round Jim Brody, and encouraged 
him with sundry sarcastic remarks. 
“Hope you’ll find it as easy a job as climbing 
into your bunk.” said the crack rider of the sta¬ 
tion who had failed to mount the horse. 
“You’re a good plucked ’un, little man,” said 
another. “Leave me your money before you 
try this job on.” 
Jim Brody smiled and said: “I’ll just show 
you big chaps what a little man can do. I’ve 
ridden a heap of bad horses in my time, and 
this will make one more.” 
“Give him a fair chance, men,” said Henry 
Mace. “He looks a good man for a tough job. 
I’ve promised him a fiver if he mounts him, 
and another fiver if he tames him, and now 
I’ll throw him the horse into the bargain.” 
“Bravo,” shouted the men. “Go in and win, 
little man.” 
Jim Brody was as active as a cat on a tiled 
roof during its early morning explorations. 
The horse stood saddled and bridled in the 
stock yard. It was a genuine colonial saddle, 
Jim saw that at a glance, and he knew he would 
have a fair chance as far as the gear was con¬ 
cerned. 
The horse snorted as Jim approached him and 
trembled in every limb. Brody had a slight ad¬ 
vantage over the animal, as the horse had been 
knocked about considerably during the morn¬ 
ing’s work. Jim had no sooner taken ,hold of 
the saddle than the horse turned round quickly 
and sent him sprawling on to the ground. Loud 
laughter greeted Jim Brody’s discomfiture. 
At the sound of the laughter Jim clenched his 
hands, and his teeth met with a click, but he 
said never a word, only there was a dangerous 
light in his eyes that boded no good to the 
horse. Jim again approached the horse. 
cautiously, and when near his head hit him a 
smart blow on the nose. The horse was sur¬ 
prised at this mode of attack, and threw up his 
head, snorting, and furious at the insult. Be¬ 
fore the animal had recovered from his as¬ 
tonishment. Jim Brody leaped into the saddle, 
with a circus-like spring, and grasped the 
reins. For one moment the horse stood still, 
and the lookers-on wondered how far the small 
man would be shot over the fence. . 
“Open the gate!” yelled Jim. 
This was done, and then the fun commenced. 
The horse suddenly bounded from the ground, 
and as he came down arched his back until it 
resembled the half of a wheel, on the top of 
which stuck Jim Brody, firm as an oyster on a 
rock. Finding his rider was not hurled into 
space, the horse, in a succession of frantic leaps 
and bounds, made for the open gate. The men 
cheered as they passed through, and watched 
the fight with interest. The horse got his head 
down, and Jim Brody sat back with his arms 
at full stretch, holding on to the reins with all 
his might. Round and round went the now 
furious animal. He tried to bite Jim’s legs, and 
got his nose well kicked for his trouble. Then 
he whirled round again like a tee-to-tum. This 
he varied by kneeling down and biting the 
ground. From this position he sprang upright 
with a force that made even Jim Brody nearly 
lose his seat. For fully an hour this per¬ 
formance continued, and still Jim Brody stuck 
to the horse. The animal was covered with 
foam and sweat, and Jim Brody felt as though 
he had been in a Turkish bath. He felt the 
horse’s struggles becoming weaker, and knew 
victory rested with him. But he did not relax 
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