nine P.M.
Over and over agin wuz the wearisome and soul tuckerin ' job carried out , varied every time by Ury ketchin ' Philury and fleein ' with her , but the distance shortened every time , till at last he fled with her no furder than the top of the kitchen stairs . Karen 's horrow struck , mortified looks , Jabez ` es entire absence of boastin ' , which in itself wuz dog queer , and Rosy 's instinctive turning to Royal for protection , which wuz gladly granted . Over and over the seen wuz enacted , Jabez every time turnin ' some screw or valve or sunthin ' and prophesyin ' every time it would go right the next time , but said it with feathers droopin ' , so to speak , more humble like and doubtful . My poor pardner as he lugged up two heavy pails of water at half-past nine P.M. , I hearn him say : `` Oh , gracious , Peter ! is this two pails a year ? This makes more 'n a hundred pails I 've carried up to-night myself besides Ury 's and Jabezs ` es . '' It wuz n't so , he had n't carried up more 'n thirty or forty twelve quart pails .