about three in
the morning
`` Over in the corner you 'll see the bully red blanket that 's hugged me tight on many a cold night when I was tending my line of traps . I feel that it is like an old friend when I get it tucked around me , and you 'd think I was an Esquimo lying there , or one of those mummies they get out of Mexican catacombs . '' `` That 's all right , '' Hugh declared ; `` I thought you were too sensible to come up here and spend a night at this time of year without something to keep you from freezing . Why , even on a summer night that starts in hot , it 's apt to feel chilly along about three in the morning . I 've seen the time when I 'd have given a heap to have my blanket along ; and the only thing I could do was to get up and start the fire booming again . '' The three boys started to pick out the best spots for making their beds , each one being governed by some idea of his own . It was lucky they did not all think alike , or they must have drawn straws for first choice .