HOW THEY RODE.
The invention of new words is the special privilege of great geniuses and small children. An exchange mentions a little girl who had been used to seeing only men on horseback. One day several young women from the city rode out where she lived, and stopped directly in front of the house. Mary stood at the gate looking at them ; then, as they rode on, she ran into the bouse. * O mamma,’she said, “if they can ride sitways, I guess I’ll get a horse and ride myself I’
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIV, Issue XXI, 25 May 1895, Page 503
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91HOW THEY RODE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XIV, Issue XXI, 25 May 1895, Page 503
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