About eleven o'clock
I tell yeh , I do n't believe I ever had better luck in my life . If Ed should come , I want you should take him up a piece of this cheese . '' It was beyond human nature to resist the influence of that noisy , hearty , loving household , and in the midst of the singing and laughing the wife forgot her anxiety , for the time at least , and laughed and sang with the rest . About eleven o'clock a wagon-load more drove up to the door , and Bill Gray , the widow 's oldest son , and his whole family , from Sand Lake Coolly , piled out amid a good-natured uproar . Every one talked at once , except Bill , who sat in the wagon with his wrists on his knees , a straw in his mouth , and an amused twinkle in his blue eyes . `` Ai n't heard nothin ' o ' Ed , I s ` pose ? '' he asked in a kind of bellow .