noon
He 's too big for a lickin ' , but he ai n't too big for me to lick ! '' And the elder Dickerson was as good as his word . An hour later yells from the cart shed denoted that Pete was finally getting what he should have received when he was a younger boy . Before noon Sam marched the youth over to Mrs. Atterson . Pete was very puffy about the eyes , and his cheeks were streaked with tears . Nor did he seem to care to more than sit upon the extreme edge of a chair . But he paid Mrs. Atterson ten dollars , and then , nudged by his father , turned to Hiram and begged the young farmer 's pardon .