noon
He then sought his former miserable refuge , and , as he could not pay extra for a private room on this occasion -- for he must keep a little money for his breakfast -- there was nothing for him , therefore , but to obtain what rest he could in a large , stifling room , half filled with miserable waifs like himself . He managed to get a bed near a window , which he raised slightly , and fatigue soon brought oblivion . The light of the following day brought little hope or courage ; but Haldane started out , after a meagre breakfast , to find some means of obtaining a dinner and a place to sleep . He was not as successful as usual , and noon had passed before he found anything to do . As he was plodding wearily along through a suburb he heard some one behind a high board fence speaking so loudly and angrily that he stopped to listen , and was not a little surprised to find that the man was talking to himself . For a few moments there was a sound of a saw , and when it ceased , a harsh , querulous voice commenced again : `` A-a-h '' -- it would seem that the man thus given to soliloquy often began and finished his sentences with a vindictive and prolonged guttural sound like that here indicated -- `` Miserable hand at sawin ' wood ! Why do n't you let some one saw it that knows how ?