About four o'clock in the afternoon
After dinner they sang , and listened to the music of Ruth 's organ , which had been brought from the house for the occasion , and placed at one end of the booth . Then some one produced a fiddle , and they danced . Not only a few danced , but all danced -- old and young ; and those who stopped to rest patted time on their knees to encourage the others . About four o'clock in the afternoon , or about `` two hour by sun in the evening , '' as the Wakulla people say , the last bushel of corn was ground . What remained uneaten of the dinner was distributed among those who needed it most , and the picnic was ended . With many bows and courtesies to their hosts , the happy company began to troop , or squeak along in their little ungreased carts , towards the ferry , where Frank was already on hand waiting to set them across the river . Although the day of the picnic was warm and pleasant , a strong breeze from the southward had been blowing since early morning , and during the afternoon it increased to a high wind .