nine o'clock
These could not be delivered until two o'clock that afternoon , and he stowed them in the new express shed , covering them carefully with their canvas wrappings . Bart made a record run in his deliveries . He had formed a rough receipt book out of some loose sheets , and when he came back to the office filled out his entries in regular form . Several persons visited the place up to nine o'clock -- storekeepers and others who had lost their goods in the fire . Bart explained the situation , saying that they would probably hear from the express company in a day or two regarding their claims . He found in work something to change his thoughts from a gloomy channel , and , while very anxious about his father , was thankful his parent had escaped with his life , while he indulged some hopeful and daring plans for his own ambitions in the near future . `` I 'll stick to my post , '' he decided .