about three o'clock
There were many pieces of fishing tackle to be sorted and hung in the kitchen rafters . The nuts that had been spread out on the floor to dry , now had to be gathered in sacks and stored in the mud cellar . The cobwebs must come down , and a cotton tick filled with new , fresh straw to be put in the garret . It was about three o'clock when Tessibel ushered the little man up the ladder and displayed the clean attic . '' ` Tai n't high ` nough fer me to stand up in , '' she told him , `` but ye 'll get along all right , an ' I air goin ' to fix ye somethin' so ye can see to read ... . Can ye read ? '' `` Sure , I can read . ''