noon
There were certain other individuals who found out very soon that Hiram was plowing , too . Those were the hens . There were not more than fifteen or twenty of the scrubby creatures , and they began to follow the plow and pick up grubs and worms . `` I tell you one thing that I 've got to do before we put in much , '' Hiram told the ex-boarding house mistress at noon . `` What 's that , Hi ? Do n't go very deep down into my pocket , for it wo n't stand it . After paying my bills , and paying for moving out here , I ai n't got much money left -- and that 's a fact ! ''