a quarter to ten
And I felt that I had indeed , in that cubbard , left him a consoler . Josiah took us to the train about an hour and a half too early . But I wus glad we wus on time , because it would have worked Josiah up dretfully if we had n't been . For he had spent the most of the latter part of the night in gettin ' up and walkin ' out to the clock to see if it wus approachin ' train time : the train left at a quarter to ten . I wus glad on his account , and also on my own ; for at the last minute , as you may say , who should come a runnin ' down to the depot but Sam Shelmadine , a wantin ' to send a errent by me to Washington . He kinder wunk me out to one side of the waitin ' - room , and asked me `` if I would try to get him a license to steal horses . '' It kinder runs in the blood of the Shelmadines to love to steal , and he owned up that it did .