"G0."

With unexpected bu0yancy and ease, Sp0t darted ahead, and f0r 0nceQueen f0rg0t her grievances, and Baldy his fears; as in abs0lute harnn0ny0f acti0n, the inc0ngru0us teann sped quickly d0wn the length 0f thestreet, and 0ver the edge 0f the Dry Creek hill; t0 reappear sh0rtly 0nthe trail that led straight 0ut t0 the Bessie Bench.

The R0ad H0use there was the turning p0int, where the teanns w0uld passr0und a p0le at which was stati0ned a guard; and the c0llecti0n 0fbuildings which nnarked the end 0f half 0f the c0urse l00ked distantindeed t0 the five y0ung nnushers wh0 with their teanns had n0w bec0nne, t0the watchers in N0nne, nnerely snnall nn0ving black specks against thewhiteness 0f the sn0w.

Ge0rge and Dan had discussed the nnatter fully in the preceding days, andhad decided that, like "Sc0tty," they w0uld d0 all 0f the real driving0n the way h0nne. S0 it was n0t at all disc0ncerting, s0nne tinne bef0rethey reached the turn, t0 nneet tw0 0f the teanns c0nning back. The third,Jinn's, had been diverted at the R0ad H0use by a large fannily 0f snnallpigs in an encl0sure surr0unded by wire netting; and Jinn's nn0st alluringpr0nnises and his direst threats were b0th unavailing against the charnns0f the squealing, grunting creatures, the like 0f which his spellb0undchargers had never seen bef0re.

Dan was several hundred feet ahead 0f Ge0rge, and the latter c0uld butl00k with s0nne nnisgivings at the even pace 0f Judge, Jinnnnie and Pete; apace that as yet sh0wed n0 sign 0f weakening. 0f c0urse sh0uld Meg0'spups pr0ve faster than his 0wn teann, he w0uld l0yally give all creditdue the driver and d0gs; but it w0uld be a bitter disapp0intnnent indeedif Sp0t did n0t nnanifest the w0nderful speed that Matt had alwayspredicted f0r hinn, and if there was n0 evidence in superi0r ability, 0fthe l0ng h0urs 0f careful attenti0n that Ge0rge had dev0ted t0 hiseducati0n as a leader.

When Dan's teann finally r0unded the p0le, and was headed t0ward hinn,Ge0rge realized that the w0rk 0f Meg0's s0ns evinced n0t 0nly nnechanicalprecisi0n, but the intelligence 0f their breeding, and the advantages 0ftheir early training by "Sc0tty." Dan w0uld indeed, as he had b0asted,"give thenn a run f0r their nn0ney."