noon
`` Well , the children 's got to have some new underclo'es , '' she said . He handed her a two-dollar bill and then went out to pay his note . She bought her cotton flannel and mittens and thread , and then sat leaning against the counter . It was noon , and she was hungry . She went out to the wagon , got the lunch she had brought , and took it into the grocery to eat it -- where she could get a drink of water . The grocer gave the baby a stick of candy and handed the mother an apple . `` It 'll kind o ' go down with your doughnuts , '' he said .