seven o’clock
I wo n't have the club boys and the neighbours saying that Archie Dunn had to come home discouraged . If I return without accomplishing anything , I will be held up to the whole town as a boy who made a fool of himself by not taking his friends ' advice , and I never will be made an example of if I can help it . '' And Archie walked faster as he thought of the possibility of failure . When seven o'clock came he was passing through the county-seat , but though there were many interesting things to look at in the town , Archie determined not to stop . He was afraid he might meet some one he knew , who would be sure to ask him where he was going with his bundle , and what he was doing out so early . And anyhow he was very hungry , and decided to get out of the town and to the farmhouses as soon as possible . `` I can work for my meal at a farmhouse , '' he said to himself , `` but in the town they 'll take me for a regular tramp . ''