twelve o'clock
She whirled away and went back to her drummer . He had put the buggy-seat under a tree in sight of where me an ' Carrie sat , and , knowing she was looking , I laid myself out to be pleasant to my partner . I had to pass by Julia and her dude to get to the spring , and I fetched water for Carrie every hour in the day , and always went whistling a jig . At twelve o'clock some of the folks along with Julia come over and invited me and Carrie to dump our basket in with theirs and all eat together , but me and Carrie refused , and had ourn on a grassy slant in plain sight of the rest . It was the first frolic I 'd ever had with Julia , and I shore did like it . I du n no , but I reckon it was the way she acted that made me keep it up . Then , after dinner , when Carrie went to Mrs. Wilson 's tent to rest up a little , Julia saw me smoking at the spring , and come straight to me .