ten o'clock at
night
When Tom had been sick a month -- it was the time the bucket fell an ' broke his rib -- the new contract at the brewery was let for the year , an ' Schwartz give it to us , a-thinkin ' that Tom 'd be round ag ` in , an ' niver carin ' , so 's his work was done , an ' I doin ' it , me bein ' big an ' strong , as I always was . Me Tom got worse an ' worse , an ' I saw him a-failin ' , an ' one day Dr. Mason stopped an ' said if I brought him to Bellevue Hospital , where he had just been appointed , he 'd fix up his rib so he could breathe easier , and maybe he 'd get well . Well , I hung on an ' on , thinkin ' he 'd get better , -- poor fellow , he did n't want to go , -- but one night , about dark , I took the Big Gray an ' put him to the cart , an ' bedded it down wid straw ; an ' I wrapped me Tom up in two blankits an ' carried him downstairs in me own arms , an ' driv slow to the ferry . '' She hesitated for a moment , leaned her bruised head on her hand , and then went on : -- `` When I got to Bellevue , over by the river , it was near ten o'clock at night . Nobody stopped me or iver looked into me bundle of straw where me poor boy lay ; an ' I rung the bell , an ' they came out , an ' got him up into the ward , an ' laid him on the bed . Dr. Mason was on night duty , an ' come an ' looked at him , an ' said I must come over the next day ; an ' I kissed me poor Tom an ' left him tucked in , promisin ' to be back early in the mornin ' . I had got only as far as the gate on the street whin one of the men came a-runnin ' after me .