two o'clock
`` Now this afternoon , '' he mused , `` I 'll wind up the job . By night everyone in town will know I want work . '' But if he had thought a moment he would have realised that he might have spared himself the trouble ; the consummation he so earnestly desired was already being brought about by resident and recognised , if unofficial , agents for the dissemination of news . It was two o'clock or thereabouts , I gather , when , shaping his course toward Radville 's commercial centre , Duncan hesitated on the corner of Beech Street , cocking an incredulous eye up at the weather-worn sign which has for years adorned the side of Tuthill 's grocery : a hand indicating fixedly : THIS WAY TO GRAHAM 'S DRUG STORE `` Two druggists in Radville ! '' he mused . `` Is it possible ? ... Then it 's Harry 's mistake if the scheme fails ; he said this was a one-horse country town , but I 'm blest if it is n't a thriving metropolis !