two o'clock in the morning
But Jimmy was n't there . `` I wunner whah that little scamp is , '' she said , smiling ; `` I tol ' him to hu ' y home , but I reckon he 's stayin ' out latah wid de evenin ' papahs so 's to bring home mo ' money . '' Hour after hour passed and he did not come ; then she grew alarmed . At two o'clock in the morning she could stand it no longer and she went over and awakened Blinky Scott , much to that young gentleman 's disgust , who could n't see why any woman need make such a fuss about a kid . He told her laconically that `` Chimmie was pinched fur t ` rowin ' de bones . '' She heard with a sinking heart and went home to her own room to walk the floor all night and sob . In the morning , with all her Christmas savings tied up in a handkerchief , she hurried down to Jefferson Market court room .