About nine o'clock
The night watchman said he liked Uncle Peter well enough , but he 'd be switched if he was going to walk around all night with one bare foot even to let the Mayor use his stocking for a necktie . Selfish watchman . The next morning Uncle Peter 's cold was much worse , but the axle grease had cured his appetite . About nine o'clock his friend Dave Torrence came in , and after Uncle Peter had barked for him a couple of times Dave decided that the trouble was information of the lungs and he suggested that Uncle Peter should tie a rubber band around his chest and rub his shoulder blades with gasolene . Uncle Peter told his friend that he had no desire to become a human automobile , so Dave got mad , kicked the piano on the shins and went home . An hour later Deacon Ed . Sprong , the Mayor 's next-door neighbor , came in and in ten minutes he had Uncle Peter making signs to an undertaker .