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They went to the windows and could not repress a shudder as they saw the street lights so far below . Aunt Sarah did not see how she could sleep so high up , but when their evening meal was done and the events of the day discussed they became as sleepy and they felt as safe as they did with the whippoorwill singing in the orchard and the hogs grunting lazily in the lane . _ CHAPTER II _ The next morning Uncle Jeremiah was up as usual at four o'clock , chafing like a caged stable horse that could not get out to fresh air and the tempting pastures . -LSB- Illustration : `` I THINK OF EARTHQUAKES EVERY TIME I LOOK OUT . '' -RSB- `` These confounded people wo n't let a fellow have his meals only at their own convenience , and the feelin ' of earthquakes keeps a growing on me every time I look down out of that window . I 've got to quit it . ''