four o'clock
After that , Pony Baker gave up running off to the Indians . He about gave up running off altogether . He had a splendid Fourth of July . His mother would not let him stay up the whole of the night before , but she let him get up at four o'clock , and fire off both his packs of shooting-crackers ; and though she had forbidden him to go down to the river-bank where the men were firing off the cannon , he hardly missed it . He felt sleepy as soon as his crackers were done , and another fellow who was with him came into the parlor , and they both lay down on the carpet and went to sleep there , and slept till breakfast-time . After breakfast he went up to the court-house yard , with some other fellows , and then , after dinner , when they all came round and begged , and the big fellows promised to watch out for Pony , his mother let him go out to the second lock with them , and go in swimming in the canal . He did not know why this should be such a great privilege , but it was .