ten o'clock
We had to have wool to spin yarn for our stockings , weave our blankets and coverlids , and our Sunday winter dresses of white flannel with narrow black crossbars were from the backs of our own sheep , and we had to have ham to fry with eggs , and boil for Sunday night suppers , and bacon to cook the greens with -- of course it was all right . Before it was near daylight I heard Laddie making the kitchen fire , so father got right up , Leon came down , and all of them went to the barn to do the feeding . I wanted to get up too , but mother said I should stay in bed until the house was warm , because if I took more cold I 'd be sick again . At breakfast May asked father about when they should start for Deams ' to be ahead of the chase , and he said by ten o'clock at least ; because a fox driven mad by pursuit , dogs , and noise , was a very dangerous thing , and a bite might make hy -- the same thing as a mad dog . He said our back barn door opening from the threshing floor would afford a fine view of the meet , but Candace , May , and Miss Amelia wanted to be closer . I might go with them if they would take good care of me , and they promised to ; but when the time came to start , there was such a queer feeling inside me , I thought maybe it was more fever , and with mother would be the best place for me , so I said I wanted to watch from the barn . Father thought that was a capital idea , because I would be on the east side , where there would be no sun and wind , and it would be perfectly safe ; also , I really could see what was going on better from that height than on the ground .