about half past seven
And to think that Roxanne was almost in tears before it was nine o'clock . The interurban that runs by Byrdsville and out over the ridge to the city has cars only every two hours , so if we did n't catch the eight-ten one , we could n't go until the ten-ten , and that would make it very late for the Scouts to go through all the kinds of drills they had planned for . Some of us had to sprain ankles and make believe to step on snakes , and then Mamie Sue had to be lost and traced , only she did n't know it yet ; so Tony said that we would have to start very early . It was about half past seven when he came for me while all the rest of them waited at the corner for us . We then trooped down to get Roxanne and Lovelace Peyton ; but disaster met us at the door . It was Lovelace Peyton dancing and yelling like a wild Indian while Roxanne tried to quiet him and unbutton his white linen dress-up at the same time . `` Please everybody go on .