She would do it without fail, so father put a little stick under his arm, and every time she would bite, he would give her a rap over the nose.

She soon got tired of biting, and gave it up.

Sometimes now, you'll see her make a snap at father as if she was going to bite, and then look under his arm to see if the stick is there.

He cured some of her tricks in one way, and some in another.

One bad one she had was to start for the stable the minute one of the traces was unfastened when we were unharnessing.