When we were delayed by taking on or discharging freight, he would try to corner me and throw me into the canal.

He made me do all the work of taking care of our bunks, and cuffed my ears whenever he got a chance.

He made me do his share as well as my own of the labor of cleaning the stables, and feeding and caring for the horses, sitting by and giving orders with a comical exaggeration of the manner of Captain Sproule.

In short, he was hazing me unmercifully--as every one on the boat knew, though some of the things he did to me I do not think the captain would have permitted if he had known about them.
I was more miserable with the cruelty and tyranny of Ace than I had been at home; for this was a constant misery, night and day, and got worse every minute.

He ruled even what I ate and drank.