ten o'clock
The two girls were deep in conversation with a farm boy . Strutting around near them were a fat turkey gobbler and a Plymouth Rock rooster . Just at this moment Ruth was giving her instructions . `` Be sure you bring the turkey and the rooster over to the Fair Grounds by ten o'clock to-morrow morning . '' The boy grinned . `` I 'll have 'em here sure , Miss. '' `` Ruth , '' asked Grace , as the two girls started back across the meadow to join their friends , `` do you suppose it will be unkind for us to try to drive these poor barnyard fowls across a field before so many people ? I presume the poor old birds will be frightened stiff .