three o'clock
There being no relatives to interfere , the lodges of the town -- and the Governor was known as a `` jiner '' -- had vied with one another to make the funeral the greatest rooster-feather show ever given in the State . The whole town turned out , and the foreman of our office , and everyone in the back room who could be spared , was at the Governor 's funeral , wearing a plume , a tin sword , a red leather belt , or a sash of some kind . We put a tramp printer on to make up the paper , and told Jimmy to call by the undertaker 's for a paid local which the undertaker had written for the paper that day . Jimmy 's face was beaming as he snuggled up to his desk at three o'clock that afternoon . He said he had a great story -- names of the pall-bearers , names of the double sextette choir , names of all the chaplains of all the lodges who read their rituals , names of distinguished guests from abroad , names of the ushers at the church . Page by page he tore off his copy and gave it to the tramp printer , who took it in to the machines . Trusting the foreman to read the proof , Jimmie rushed out to get from a United States Senator who was attending the funeral an interview on the sugar scandal , for the Kansas City _ Star _ .