midnight before
It is only fair to suppose , therefore , that even these idle diggers in Indian mounds had some pleasure in looking from a hill-top ; at any rate , they were fond of frequenting this one . Pewee , and Riley , and Ben Berry , and two or three others of the same feather , had come down on this Sunday to see the Indian Mound and to find any other sport that might lie in their reach . When they had dug up and thrown away down the steep hill-side enough bones to satisfy their jackal proclivities , they began to cast about them for some more exciting diversion . As there were no water-melon patches nor orchards to be robbed at this season of the year , they decided to have an egg-supper , and then to wait for the moon to rise after midnight before starting to row and cordelle their two boats up the river again to Greenbank . The fun of an egg-supper to Pewee 's party consisted not so much in the eggs as in the manner of getting them . Every nest in Judge Kane 's chicken-house was rummaged that night , and Mrs. Kane found next day that all the nest-eggs were gone , and that one of her young hens was missing also . About dark , little Allen Mackay , a round-bodied , plump-faced , jolly fellow who lived near the place where the skiffs were landed , and who had spent the afternoon at the Indian Mound , came to the door of the old log-house .