There was none of that care and skill required in the handling of the scow that a well-built craft would have needed.

When she was afloat and tied, they went up the hill again, and harnessed a yoke of oxen to a rough wooden cart.

Neither did this take them long.

Bates worked with a nervousness that almost amounted to trembling.

He had in his mind the dispute with the girl which he felt sure awaited him.
In this fear also he was destined to be disappointed.