noon
He was as abandoned as the unfortunate marooned by rushing waters ; as unheeded as a lame lamb in the multitude of the flock . Not a head turned , and by the time he realized precisely what had happened and prepared to give chase to the thief , a score of other men and boys formed an unconscious barricade between the unfortunate boy and the rogue . His suddenly created interest in the fire vanished and was replaced by the despair of his own disaster . The nap of his providence was developing into a sound slumber , and since this deity never gets up before noon Dennis had still two hours of despair before him . And what despair ! Of his pitiful hoard of a few moments since only a few dimes and nickels remained . And just across the street was the Third National Bank with barrels of them .