quarter to four
He must of woke me about three o'clock as near as I can figure it out now , but I supposed when I was woke as of course it was five so I got right up an ' went in an ' woke Elijah . Elijah told me last week as he did n't believe he 'd ever seen the sun rise an ' I was just enough out of sorts to think as to-day would be a good time for him to begin to turn over a new leaf as far as the sunrise was concerned . I must say he was n't very spry about the leaf , for all he did was to turn himself over at first , but I opened his window an ' banged the blinds three or four times an ' in the end he got woke up without really knowin ' just what had woke him . We had breakfast with a candle , an ' then Elijah was so tired lookin ' out for the sunrise that he looked in at his watch an ' see as it was only quarter to four then . He was real put out at that at first 'cause he wrote till half past two last night , an ' in the end he went back to bed an ' it certainly was a relief to see the last of him , for I may in confidence remark as I never see him look quite so stupid afore . After he was gone back to bed I washed up the breakfast dishes an ' then I went out in the wood shed in the dark an ' there I got another surprise , for I thought I 'd look over the rags I was savin ' for the next rag rug an ' when I poured 'em out in my lap , what do you think , Mrs. Lathrop , what _ do _ you think poured out along with 'em ? -- Why , a nest of young mice an ' two old ones !