CHAPTER XXVIII.
WAKING UP AN UGLY CUSTOMER.
The steady beat of the wheels and the incessant clank of the engines went on as usual.

The boat was loaded almost to her guards, and did not make much speed.

The wheels kept their persistent beat upon the water, and the engines kept their rhythmical clangor going, until August found himself getting drowsy.

Trouble, with forced inaction, nearly always has a soporific tendency, and a continuous noise is favorable to sleep.

Once or twice August roused himself to a sense of his responsibility and battled with his heaviness.