ten o'clock
Front-stair carpet was bought to go down on back stairs , sittin ' room lamp for chamber lamp , kitchen stove-pipe for wash room stove-pipe , an ' so on , an ' the clothes to make rag rugs -- so they give out . The things kep ' on an ' on bein ' snapped up hot-cake quick , an ' the crowd beginnin ' to gather outside , waitin ' to get in , made 'em sort o ' lose their heads an ' begin buyin ' sole because things was cheap -- bird-cages , a machine cover , odd table-leaves , an ' like that . The Society was rill large then , an ' what happened might ` a ' been expected . When ten o'clock come an ' it was time to open the door , the Rummage Sale was over , an ' the Auxiliary hed bought the whole thing themselves . `` We never thought folks might be anyways mad about it -- but I tell you , they was . They hed been seein ' us through the glass , like they was caged in front o ' bargain day . An ' when Mis ' Toplady , fair beamin ' , unlocks the door an ' tells 'em the sale was through with an ' a rill success , they acted some het up .