about ten
o'clock
When I went after the penurious water , I noticed they had been coloring their dogs with the dye stuff , and I put up a job with the dye man 's little boy to help me play it on Pa. . They had one dog dyed pink , another blue , another red , and another green , and I told the boy I would treat him to ice cream if he would let one out at a time , when I came down with Pa , and call him in and let another out , and when we started to go away , to let them all out . What I wanted to do was to paralyze Pa , and make him think he had got 'em , got dogs the worst way . So , about ten o'clock when his head got cleared off , and his stomach got settled , he changed ends with his cuffs , and we came down town , and I told him I knew where he could get a splendid white spitz dog for me , for five dollars ; and if he would get it , I would never do anything disrespectful again , and would just sit up nights to please him , and help him up stairs and get seltzer for him . So we went by the dye house , and just as I told him I did n't want anything but a white dog , the door opened , and the pink dog came out and barked at us , and I said ` that 's him ' and the boy called him back . Pa looked as though he had the colic , and his eyes stuck out , and he said ` Hennery , that is a pink dog ? ' and I said ` no , it is a white dog , Pa , ' and just then the green dog came out , and I asked Pa if it was n't a pretty white dog , and and he turned pale and said ` hell , boy , that is a green dog -- what 's got into the dogs ? '