"But I am glad he has found a relation who will help him to get his money."
"I'd like to see ol' man Wolverton when Sam come back with Massa Granger."
"Probably you will have a chance to see him. If he hadn't driven Sam away by his bad treatment he would never have found out how he had been cheated."
"Dat's so, Massa Bob. I'd like to be in Sam's shoes."
"You'd have to make your feet smaller, then, Clip!"
"Yah! yah!" laughed Clip, who enjoyed a joke at his own expense.
Bob found his work harder now that Sam was not on board to relieve him of a part of his duty. But they were making good speed, and there seemed a chance of reaching St. Louis within three days. All was going well, yet an indefinable anxiety troubled Bob. Why, he could not explain.
"Clip," he said, "I don't know how it is, but I feel as if something were going to happen."
"What can happen, Massa Bob? De boat is all right."
"True, Clip. I suppose I am foolish, but I can't get rid of the feeling. Clip, I want you to be very careful to-night. Don't let any mysterious passenger come on board."