midnight
Has Joe a competitor ? '' Uncle Eben reflected . `` Ef he has , Kun ` l , I ai n't seen it , '' he presently replied ; `` but I guess all he 's got is dat lumbeh-wagin . '' Mary Louise had enjoyed the controversy immensely and was relieved by the promise of the trunks by midnight . For the first time in her life the young orphaned girl was to play housekeeper for her grandfather and surely one of her duties was to see that the baggage was safely deposited in their new home . This unknown home in an unknown town had an intense fascination for her just now . Her grandfather had been rather reticent in his description of the house he had rented at Cragg 's Crossing , merely asserting it was a `` pretty place '' and ought to make them a comfortable home for the summer .