noon
Grandma had saved their old cotton sacks , fortunately , since they cost a dollar apiece . Rose-Ellen 's heart thumped as if she were running a race . Everyone was picking at top speed , for there were far too many pickers and they all tried to get more than their share . The Beechams started at noon . At night , when they weighed in , Grandpa and Daddy each got forty cents , Grandma twenty-five , Dick twenty , and Rose-Ellen fifteen . When he paid them , the foreman said , `` No more work here . All cleaned up . ''