about seven o'clock in the
evening
Bill raised his voice a little and threw his tones carelessly over toward the caboose cushion : `` And I was the on ' y man on the platform when his train pulled in . His car was on the hind end . I walked back and waited for some one to come out . It was about seven o'clock in the evening and they was eating dinner inside , so I set up on the fence for a minute , and who do you think got out of the car ? That boy laying right over there . ` Where 's your dad ? ' says I ; that 's exactly what I said .