seven o'clock
Phil lent her uncle a hand . Amzi , panting from his efforts , ejaculated : `` Thunder ! '' and a moment later they bade each other good-night under the gas lamp at his own gate . Phil was not visible the next morning when at seven o'clock Kirkwood glanced about the house for her . She had indulged herself in the matter of rising since the high-school bell no longer regulated her habits , and her father had hardly expected to see her . There was no morning newspaper to read -- he took a Chicago daily at his office -- and he opened the windows and doors to admit the air . Domestic affairs interested Thomas Kirkwood little .