eight o'clock
`` Boys will soon be here to make it . '' `` I warrant you ! They will make their ice-cream before shoveling the folks ' paths at home . '' It looked so , for half a dozen boys were out in the yard by eight o'clock , shouting `` ice-cream '' to Charlie , who had not finished his breakfast . With the help of Aunt Stanshy 's `` essences '' enough snow was flavored to meet the demands of customers , who , quickly notified , quickly appeared , bringing the contents of all the nail-boxes at their homes . Even Aunt Stanshy was prevailed upon to buy a dish , and she consistently paid cash for it . Her boarder , Will Somers , was induced to promise more extensive patronage .