five o'clock
He was an odd little bundle , that Henry Fenn carried into the offices of the Wahoo Valley Fuel Company one afternoon in early June , with Dick Bowman following proudly , as they made the proof of the claim for compensation for the accident . The people in the offices were kind and tenderly polite to the little fellow . Henry saw that all the papers were properly made out , and the clerk in the office told Dick and Henry to call for the check next day but one -- which was pay day . So they carried little Ben away and Mrs. Bowman -- though it was barely five o'clock -- began fixing Ben up for the wedding of Jasper Adams and Ruth Morton . It was the first public appearance as a singer that little Ben had made in Harvey . His appearance was due largely to the notion of Captain Morton , supported and abetted by George Brotherton . So little Ben Bowman was smuggled behind a palm in the choir loft and permitted to sing `` O Promise Me '' during the services .