four o'clock
The berry season had just come to an end and the streets were full of people . A circus had come to town and at one o'clock there was a parade . Before the stores horses belonging to visiting country people stood hitched in two long rows . The meeting in the bank was not held until four o'clock , when the banking business was at an end for the day . It had been a hot , stuffy afternoon and a storm threatened . For some reason the whole town had an inkling of the fact that a meeting was to be held on that day , and in spite of the excitement caused by the coming of the circus , it was in everybody 's mind . From the very beginning of his upward journey in life , Steve Hunter had the faculty of throwing an air of mystery and importance about everything he did .