Monday noon
Miraculous as it seemed to Evan , the ledgers were finally made to balance . Porter lengthened his stride a foot and walked once more well back on his heels -- just as if his bad work had not been responsible for a three days ' dizzy mixup . A certain Saturday afternoon came round . `` I guess we can do without you till Monday noon , '' said the manager , over Nelson 's shoulder , as the latter pondered over an unwritten money-order . It was welcome news to Evan . He had come to feel , however , that his presence was indispensable to the well-being of the collection register and other books of record . It appeared to him that in one afternoon and a forenoon the hand of any other but himself must irrevocably `` ball '' the junior post .