noon
`` Try again ; mebby they did n't see you , '' suggested Jim Larkin , who had a reputation for never making a joke . He escaped with his life and checked himself at the side of Cranky Joe , with whom he conferred on the harshness of the world towards unfortunates . The rest of the morning was spent in snipe-shooting at random , trusting to luck to hit some one , and trusting in vain . At noon Cranky Joe could stand the strain no longer and opened the door just a little to relive the monotony . He succeeded , being blessed with a smashed shoulder , and immediately became a general nuisance , adding greatly to the prevailing atmosphere . Boggs called him a few kinds of fools and hastened to nail the door shut ; he hit his thumb and his heart became filled with venom . `` _ Now _ look at what they went an ' done ! ''