Part 18 (2/2)
After a short time Phil found himself able to stand erect with more confidence Now, his instructor, with a snap of her little whip, started the gray to walking slowly about the ring, Phil holding tightly to the bridle rein to steady hihtly That's it
You've caught it already”
”Why not put a pad on the horse's back, as I've seen some perforin that way Start without a pad, and you never will have to unlearn what you get That's allop now Stand straight and lean back a little”
The ring horse allop
Phil pro, from where he picked himself up rather crestfallen
”Never ed Dient, Mr Dexter, watching you Now do your prettiest
Do you know him?”
”No; I have not met him He's the fellow that Teddy says blows up his words with a bicycle pump”
”That's fine I shall have to tell hiood friends with the press agent He's the le eyes of the proprietor,” Dih with Mr Sparling”
”I try to do what is right--do the best I kno”
She nodded, clucking to the gray and Phil stopped talking at once, for he was fully occupied in sticking to the horse, over whose back he sprawled every now and then in the most ridiculous of positions But, before the afternoon's practice had ended, the lad had ress He found himself able to stand erect, by the aid of the bridle rein, and to keep his position fairly hile the aniotten over the dizziness caused by the constant traveling about in a circle in the narrow ring, but Dimples assured him that, after a few more turns, this would wear off entirely
After finishi+ng the practice, Di Phil that they should ed to his street clothes before he received a su in his private tent
”I wonder what's wrong now?” muttered the lad ”But, I think I know It's about that roe had this ot fined for that”
With a certain nervousness, Phil hurried out around the dressing tent, and skirting the two big tents, sought out Mr Sparling in his office
CHAPTER XI
SUMMONED BEFORE THE MANAGER
The lad was not far wrong in his surlance
He eyed Phil fro his face and forehead
”Well, sir, what have you been up to this afternoon?”
”Practicing in the ring since the afternoon performance closed”
”H- in the way of work”