He was so sleepy that he staggered up against her every few steps, and he would have dropped down on the first log he came to, if she had not kept tight hold of his hand all the way.
When they reached Uncle Billy's house, he had just gone out to draw a pitcher of water.

Mammy stopped to get a drink, and John Jay leaned up against the well-shed.

The rumbling of the windlass and the fall of the bucket against the water below aroused him somewhat, and by the time he had swallowed half a gourdful of the cold well-water he was wide awake.
Uncle Billy went up to the cabin with them in order to hear an account of the party, and to walk back with Aunt Susan.

John Jay fell behind.

He could not remember ever having been out so late at night before, and he had never seen the sky so full of stars.