nearly two o'clock
Y' u 're so darned good company I 'll ce ` tainly pine for you , '' the foreman suggested , with sarcasm , when the old man rolled up in his blankets preparatory to falling asleep immediately . Chalkeye 's successor was a blatant youth much impressed with his own importance . He was both foul-mouthed and foul-minded , so that Jim was constrained to interrupt his evil boastings by pretending to fall asleep . It was nearly two o'clock when the foreman aroused his friend to take his turn . Shortly after this the lad Hughie relieved the bragging , would-be bad man . Hughie was a flaxen-haired , rather good-looking boy of nineteen . In his small , wistful face was not a line of wickedness , though it was plain that he was weak .