About ten o'clock
I expect to live to see you at the top rung of the ladder some day , Dick . You have your father 's perseverance , and the desire to do everything as well as any person could possibly do it . I do not fear for your future , '' she said , proudly . About ten o'clock Dick started out . He was trembling a little as he kissed his mother , and there was a tear of sympathy in her eye when she waved him goodbye as he turned around down the road to look back . If ever a mother 's prayers and good wishes went out after her boy those of Mrs. Morrison followed him as he strode manfully along , with his head held erect and the light of determination in his eyes . When he drew near the bank he swerved and passed along , but not from timidity ; it lacked seven minutes of the time Mr. Gibbs had set , and Dick had learned that a busy man is often almost as much annoyed by a premature caller as by one who keeps him waiting .