three o'clock in the
morning
`` I 'd jest enjoy b ` ilin ' a gallon or two apiece fur you fellers an ' me . '' `` Wa'al , ez you ai n't got any coffee an ' you ai n't got anythin ' to b ` il it in , I reckon we 'll hev to be jest ez happy without it , '' said Shif ` less Sol . The night after this conversation Paul was awakened by a patter upon their skin and thatch roof . It must have been two or three o'clock in the morning , and he had been sleeping very comfortably . He lay on furs , and the soft side of a buffalo robe was wrapped close about him . He could not remember any time in his life when he felt snugger , and he wanted to go back to sleep , but that patter upon the roof was insistent . He raised himself up a little , and he heard along with the patter the breathing of his four comrades .