four o'clock
`` Glad you 've got faith in that dead-beat . He 's owin ' me for fifteen dollars ' worth of milk-tickets , and I ca n't get a dam ` ed penny of it , '' said Tappan . He gave the sheet of paper he held a vicious crumple and flung it to the floor , whence little Willy Eddy timidly and softly gathered it up . `` Gettin ' up at four o'clock in the mornin ' , '' continued the milkman , in a cursing voice , `` an ' milkin ' a lot of dam ` ed old kickin ' cows , and gittin ' on the road half-dead with sleep , to make a present to whelps like him , goin ' to the City dressed up like Morgan hisself , ridin ' to the station in a carriage he ` ai n't paid for , with a man drivin ' that ca n't git a cent out of him . Talk about coal strikes ! Lord ! I could give them miners points .