six o'clock
To a person used to good accommodations this apartment would have almost disgusted him . But quarters at the poor-house had been but little better , and Hal did not complain . He managed to get a bed in one corner , and , as the window was slightly open , he slept very well . He was up and dressed at six o'clock and out on the street . The snow was now all of a foot deep , and Hal was much interested in the snow-plows on the car tracks . As he passed down the street a snow-ball whizzed past the youth 's ear . Another followed , striking him in the head .