5 o'clock
Purty soon Maria slowed up & sed its a nice day . I told her it was , then I sez if she wuldnt like to take a walk . She sed `` she was greed if Josie 'd go long , cos if they went walkin they 'd have to play hookey , and one darsent do it without the other . '' After sum persuashun , Josie greed to go long , so I offered my arm to Maria , and we had a big time til bout 5 o'clock . Then we sez to the gals if they 'd like to go to the theater in the evenin , they thot it 'd be or - , ful nice , but they didnt believe there mas wuld trust em to go with strange gentelmen , cos it wuldnt be rite . I axt her if there wasnt sum way to fix it . Maria sed she guessed she culd tell her ma .