about two o'clock in
the morning
When she was in bed the lady kissed her , and called her darling , and bade her sleep well , and not be afraid , she was in the next room , and could hear if she spoke . Then she stood looking at her , and Ellen thought that she must be younger than Minnie Swensen , who lived on her street , and wore a yellow pigtail , and went to the high-school . Then she closed her heavy eyes , and forgot to cry about her poor father and mother ; still , there was , after all , a hurt about them down in her childish heart , though a great wave of new circumstances had rolled on her shore and submerged for the time her memory and her love , even , she was so feeble and young . She slept very soundly , and awoke only once , about two o'clock in the morning . Then a passing lantern flashed into the chamber into her eyes , and woke her up , but she only sighed and stretched drowsily , then turned her little body over with a luxurious roll and went to sleep again . It was poor Andrew Brewster 's lantern which flashed in her eyes , for he was out with a posse of police and sympathizing neighbors and friends searching for his lost little girl . He was frantic , and when he came under the gas-lights from time to time the men that saw him shuddered ; they would not have known him , for almost the farthest agony of which he was capable had changed his face .