midnight
Now , then , if there 's any little thing you want done , I 'll look after it for you . ' The miser said he 'd like to have an iron fence round his grave , if the devil thought he could see to it without puttin ' himself out any . The devil said it would n't be any trouble , an ' then he counted off on his fingers the minutes the miser had to live , an ' lit out . `` They buried the miser in a poor corner of the graveyard where there was nothin ' but sinkfield an ' sand briars , an ' that night the devil went down to the blacksmith an ' told him he wanted an iron fence put around the old feller 's grave , an ' to git it done before midnight . The blacksmith throwed his coat an ' went to work like a whitehead , an ' when twelve o'clock come he had the iron fence done an ' a settin ' around the miser 's grave . `` Just as the clock struck , the devil come along , an ' he said to the blacksmith , standin ' there a-sweatin ' like a colt , ` Well , I see you got her all up hunkey dorey . ' ` Yes , ' said the blacksmith , ` an ' now I want my pay . '