Four o'clock
They-all will soon know all the addition they is , and a lot of multiplication . Angie Talcott knows the kinds of seeds better 'n what I do ! '' The day passed . Four o'clock came . In order that all might reach home for supper , there was no staying , except that Newt Bronson and Raymond Simms remained to sweep and dust the schoolroom , and prepare kindling for the next morning 's fire -- a work they had taken upon themselves , so as to enable the teacher to put on the blackboards such outlines for the morrow 's class work as might be required . Jim was writing on the board a list of words constituting a spelling exercise . They were not from the text-book , but grew naturally out of the study of the seed wheat -- `` cockle , '' `` morning-glory , '' `` convolvulus , '' `` viable , '' `` viability , '' `` sprouting , '' `` iron-weed '' and the like .