enetrated to his slumbering faculties, and in an instant roused
them all. With a wild yell he flung his arms round Uncle Moses.
Uncle Moses, fell backward, and all the others were flung upon him.
They all lay thus heaped upon the side of the coach, a straggling
mass of humanity.

Frank was the first to come to himself, and regain his presence of
mind.

"All right," said he, in a cheerful voice. "We haven't gone over
quite. The horses have stopped. All right."

A groan came from below the pile of humanity.

"Get off, get off!" exclaimed Bob's voice. "You're smothering
Uncle Moses." Frank, who was uppermost, disengaged himself, and
helped off the others; and finally Bob scrambled away, giving every
indication by this time that he was at last perfectly wide awake.

This restored Uncle Moses. He was able to take a long breath.

By this time Frank had torn open the carriage door, and jumped
down. The others followed.

He saw the driver holding the horses. The carriage was tilted over.
One of the hind wheels lay underneath, a shattered wreck.

Now all was bustle and confusion.

The driver proceeded to put into execution a plan by which they
could go forward, at least far enough to traverse the marshes. The
boys all helped, and their efforts drove away the last vestige of
drowsiness.

The plan consisted in taking out the tongue of the wagon, binding
it upon the fore axle, and letting its other end drag on the ground.
Now, as the tongue sloped down, the hind axle rested upon it, and
thus the trailing wood served to keep the coach erect, and to act
as a runner, which supplied very well the place of the lost wheel.
The horses were then hitched on by the traces, without any tongue,
and in this way they pulled along the broken carriage.

CHAPTER XXII.

_The March ended.--A lonely Inn.--Evil Faces.--Beetling
Brows.--Sinister Glances.--Suspicions of the Party.--They put
their Head together.--Conferences of the Party.--A threatening
Prospect.--Barricades.--In Time of Peace prepare for War.--The
Garrison arm themselves._

After completing their arrangements they resumed their journey;
but this time they all went on foot, with the exception of Uncle
Moses. They went on foot for two reasons: first, because it was
impossible for the horses to pull them all when one of the wheels
was gone, since it was as much as they could do to maintain a
walking pace even with the empty carriage; and the other reason
was, th