one o'clock
He was requested to call immediately -- so a note , he had just received , read -- at Mr. -- & Co 's , and `` accept the head clerkship , at a salary of $ 1,400 a year ; being highly recommended by a person whose name his new employers decline giving . '' That was a greater puzzle still . John and his mother had rich relations , to be sure ; but , though they had always been interfering in all their plans for making a living , they never had been known to _ give _ them anything except -- _ advice _ , or to call on them _ by daylight _ ; and it was n't at all likely that the `` leopard would change his spots , '' at that late day . No ; it could n't be John 's rich relatives , who were always in such a panic lest upper-tendom should discover that their cousins , the Harrises , lived in an unfashionable part of the town , dined at one o'clock , and noticed trades-people and mechanics . We were too sensible to believe in fairies , and who the mischief was emptying the `` horn of plenty '' in that way at our feet , was the question . When we woke the next morning , we found in the back yard , a barrel of apples , a barrel of flour , a keg of butter , and a bag of buckwheat flour ; labelled , `` For Mr. John Harris , -- street . '' John declared , -LRB- after pinching himself to see if he were really John , -RRB- that he fastened the gate inside the very last thing before he put on his night-cap .