three o'clock
`` Ye 'll do a good turn fer me an ' little Bill here . Bill , we 'll git home fer Christmas yit . '' `` If you 're going to make it a public race , you 'll have to get over to Snyder early to make arrangements , '' said Ted . `` I 'll leave before sunup in ther mornin ' , an ' we 'll have the race at three o'clock . Is that all satisfactory ? '' This proved satisfactory to the boys , and , having agreed to be on hand in time with Hatrack , every one turned in . When the boys turned out in the morning the blankets which the old man and the boy had occupied were empty and cold , showing that they had departed long before daylight .