She took off skirt, hat and ties, loosened her waist, and lay upon the lower of the two plain, hard little berths.

The throb of the engines, the beat of the huge paddles, made the whole boat tremble and shiver.

Faintly up from below came the sound of quarrels over crap-shooting, of banjos and singing--from the roustabouts amusing themselves between landings.

She thought she would not be able to sleep in these novel and exciting surroundings.

She had hardly composed herself before she lost consciousness, to sleep on and on dreamlessly, without motion..