Three of the four revellers had already toppled over at full length on the ground; and Christy thought he could hurry matters by doing the same thing, and he tumbled over all in a heap.

Graines drank nothing himself, though he contrived to spill a quantity of the fluid on the ground, so that it might not seem too light to his only remaining wakeful companion.

The last dram of Bird had been a very heavy one, and the engineer realized that he could not hold out much longer.
"What's that tandem team fer ?" asked Graines, in the thickest of tones, while he swayed back and forth as Bird was doing by this time.
"The Trafladagar's gwine to tow the West Wind out; and both on 'em's sure to be tooken," stammered the mate.

"We uns don't bleeve in't, and so we runned away, and left Captain Sullendine to paddle his own punt.
They get off at three in the morn in'." Bird Riley took another drink, and then he toppled over..