about ten o'clock
THE LETTER . MY DEAR FATHER , -- You have so recently heard from and about those of us left here , and that in a so much more satisfactory way than through letters , that it scarcely seems worth while to write just yet . But Mary left Kate 's poor little baby in such a pitiable state , that I think it will be a relief to all to hear that its sufferings are ended . It died about ten o'clock the night that she left us , very quietly and without a struggle , and at sunset on Friday we laid it in its last resting-place . My husband and I went out in the morning to select the spot for its burial , and finding the state of affairs in the cemetery , we chose a portion of ground and will have it inclosed with a railing . They have been very careless in the management of the ground , and have allowed persons to inclose and bury in any shape or way they chose , so that the whole is cut up in a way that makes it difficult to find a place where two or three graves could be put near each other . We did find one at last , however , about the size of the Hazel Wood lots ; and we will inclose it at once , so that when another , either from our own family or those of the other branches , wants a resting-place , there shall not be the same trouble .