He can't use all his strength when his head is held back with that bearing rein，'the woman went on．'If you take it off，I'm sure he'll do better.Anything to please a lady，'said Jakes，smiling．The rein was taken off and I moved my head up and down several times to help my aching neck．Poor boy，is that what you wanted？'said the woman， pat-ting me．She turned to Jakes.If you speak to him kindly and lead him on，I believe he'll do better．Jakes took the rein，and I put down my head and moved on．I pulled the cart up the hill， then stopped to take a breath．Well，that helped，said Jakes，'but if I went without a bearing rein all the time，the other cart drivers would laugh at me．It's fashionable，you see．It's better to start a good fashion than to follow a bad one，said the woman．'Many gentlemen don't use bearing reins now．
