eight o'clock
`` Elmer is crazy . You better get behind the stack where he do n't see you . He 'll hurt someone yet , Elmer will . '' At eight o'clock that evening Elmer Cowley put his head in at the front door of the office of the Winesburg Eagle where George Willard sat writing . His cap was pulled down over his eyes and a sullen determined look was on his face . `` You come on outside with me , '' he said , stepping in and closing the door . He kept his hand on the knob as though prepared to resist anyone else coming in .