twelve o'clock
I ran forward to get a peep at the wonder , and had a good stare at the old fellow ; and such another fright you never saw . I wished I had a temperance tract to give him , for his face was redder than the sun last night , when it went down in a cloud , and his eyes looked like stoppers to a whiskey-bottle , which had got soaked through . He 'd better not have much to do with fire-arms , for he 'd blow up to a certainty . They say he lies in bed till twelve o'clock every day , and then does nothing but just drink and eat , and drink and smoke , till midnight . I am glad that our government has no such loafers to maintain . '' `` But did not the place itself look flourishing ? '' I asked , amused at his warmth .