six o'clock
But they 's a preacher over in Johnsonville a-preachin ' and a-teachin ' school . He is a reg ` lar college feller , and I reckon he knows single and double rule of three , and all the rest . '' Sam coaxed the Squire to let him have old `` Blaze-face , '' the blind mare , to ride to Johnsonville , three miles off , the next morning , if he would promise to be back `` on time to begin shuckin ' corn bright and airly . '' And before six o'clock he hitched old Blaze in front of `` Preacher Brown 's '' door . When he knocked , Mr. Brown was making a fire in the stove , and he was not a little surprised to see a boy by the door in patched blue-jeans pantaloons that were too short , and a well-worn `` round-about '' that was too tight . He looked at the boy 's old arithmetic and slate in surprise . `` If you please , sir , '' said Sam , `` I 'm Squire Higgins ' bound boy .