3 A.M.
`` Who is calling ? '' `` Ballard , '' says I. `` I 'm the fond parent of the nameless baby . And say , do you still stick to Ethelbert ? '' `` Why , '' says she , `` I -- er -- '' `` I just wanted to tell you , '' I goes on , `` that this guessin ' contest closes at 3 A.M. , and if you want to make any more entries you got only forty minutes to get 'em in . Nighty-night . '' And I rings off just as she begins sputterin ' indignant . That seems to help a lot , and inside of five minutes I 'm snoozin ' peaceful .