eight o'clock
Don called eagerly . `` Ritter and Woods , '' came the answer . Don suddenly knew the cause of that vague uneasiness . The meeting had been called for eight o'clock , and it was now five minutes after , and there was no sign of Tim . But none of the others seemed to think of the missing scout . Alex was bubbling over with the wonder of his first day in business . He told of how many orders he had delivered , and how much money he had collected , and how careful he had to be in making change .