the hour of two
Little tables set out in the street , with gayly-dressed people laughing and talking and taking light refreshments and listening to the music of the band , and a gay crowd walking to and fro , and picturesque venders showing their goods . But to Tommy nothing wuz so pretty as the doves of St. Mark , who come down to be fed at two o'clock , descending through the blue sky like a shower of snow . The Campanile or bell-tower towers up more than three hundred feet above the pavement ; way up on the tower two bronze statutes stand with hammers and strikes off the hours . Why is it that the doves pay no attention to any other hour they may strike but when the hour of two sounds out , a window on the north side of the square opens and some grain is thrown out to 'em -LRB- the Government throws it to 'em , dretful good natered to think o n't -RRB- ? But how did them doves know two from three ? I d'no nor Josiah do n't . I had provided Tommy with some food for 'em and they flowed down and lighted on him and Dorothy , who also fed 'em ; it wuz a pretty sight .