six o'clock
It was a noble sight f ' r to see th ' employer iv workin ` men marchin ' ahead iv his band iv sturdy toilers that to rest thimsilves afther th ' layboryous occupations iv th ' week was reelin ' undher banners that dhrilled a hole in their stomachs or carryin ' two-be-four joists to show their allegance to th ' naytional honor . A man that has to shovel coke into a dhray or shove lumber out iv th ' hole iv a barge or elevate his profession be carryin ' a hod iv mort to th ' top iv a laddher does n't march with th ' grace iv an antelope , be a blamed sight . To march well , a man 's feet have to be mates ; an ' , if he has two left feet both runnin ' sideways , he ought to have interference boots to keep him fr 'm settin ' fire to his knees . Whin a man walks as if he expected to lave a leg stuck in th ' sthreet behind him , he has th ' gait proper f ' r half-past six o'clock th ' avenin ' before pay-day . But 't is not th ' prance iv an American citizen makin ' a gloryous spectacle iv himsilf . '' `` They were coerced , '' said Mr. Hennessy , gloomily . `` Do n't ye believe it , '' replied the philosopher .