Kent gathered up the reins and went his way, leaving Polycarp just in the act of drawing his "plug" from his pocket, by his usual laborious method, in mental preparation for another half hour of talk.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
Polycarp proceeded, in his usual laborious manner, to draw his tobacco from his pocket, and pry off a corner.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
They had a pack-horse with them, for now and then one of the men made a laborious journey to the settlement for provisions, and in places a fallen tree had been chopped through or a thicket partly hewn away.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton