five o'clock
Libby Anne sold her turkeys and got her coat , and the day was set for them to go east -- December the first , the first excursion ! The day before they were to start , Bill went to town to cast his vote ; the Provincial elections were held that year on the last day of November . There was a good deal of excitement over the election , for Sandy Braden , the popular proprietor of the Grand Pacific Hotel , was running against a Brandon man , and Millford was standing solid for their own man . The bar could not be opened until after five o'clock , when the voting was over , but after that there was nothing to prevent good-fellowship abounding . It did abound all night . There was a bonfire in front of the hotel when the returns began to come in , for Sandy was winning easily , and Sandy certainly showed his gratitude for the way the boys had stood by him . Mrs. Cavers and Libby Anne waited all that long night .