CHAPTER XII THE FIRST DAY Mile after mile of the rough trail fell behind him, and still the pony shambled along at a loose trot or a swinging canter; the steep upgrades it took at a steady jog and where the slopes pitched sharply down, it wound among the rocks with a faultless sureness of foot.

Some at the tables are struggling to write cheques, with continual jogs at the elbow, with ink that will not flow, pens that scratch and splutter, blotting-paper that smudges and blots.

He finally got on the road, but instead of going back toward Fort Dodge, as I naturally expected he would do, he turned eastward toward Fort Larned, and kept up a little jog trot just ahead of me, but would not let me come up to him, although I tried it again and again.

This obtrusive jog was certainly very ugly; and it was impossible to conceive of any reason for it.

" "Oh, we'll see you in the fall all rightwhen you return," commented Rowland easily; but the other made no reply, and without a backward glance started at a rapid jog trot for the tiny settlement on the river two miles away.

Then there had occurred a slight jog in the hall, making room for a large chimney, while just beyond opened this door.

In five minutes I was up and off at a slow jog, for I knew I was near safety.

The Kingston right-fielder now atoned for his previous error by a ringing hit that took Sleepy on a comfortable jog to second base and placed himself safely on first.

He cuts towards the straight jog where the chip was taken out, paring the wood away, sloping up to within an inch of the end of the bark.