about four
o'clock
`` If I had n't given it to him he 'd a quit , so I had to give it to him . He takes a bath every morning , an ' shaves . That 's what he does ! Gets up about four o'clock and goes down to the old swimming hole in the crick , paddles around a while , an ' then comes back to the house an ' shaves , an ' then goes out an ' milks an ' cleans out the stables . Never saw a man wash his hands so much in my life , but accordin ' to his lights he 's a mighty good worker . He eats a lot , but then all hired men eats a lot . An ' he reads !