three in the afternoon
I did not see it till evening , but heard of it before one , since Roland donned it immediately and wore it to the bank that very afternoon . I understand it caused something very near a run on the bank ; people came in to draw a dollar or so or get change and lingered to feast their outraged visions , so that Blinky Lockwood , the president , had to send Roland home to change before closing-time . He changed back , however , as soon as off duty , and spent the rest of the afternoon and evening hours in Sothern and Lee 's , at the soda-fountain ; which Sothern and Lee did not object to , since it drew trade . Pete Willing established a record by getting drunk at Schwartz 's bar by three in the afternoon , his best previous time being four-thirty ; and Mrs. Willing chased him up Centre Street until , at the corner of Main , he blundered into the arms of Judge Scott ; who ordered him to arrest and lock himself up ; which Pete , being the sheriff , solemnly did , saying that it was preferable to a return to home and wife . At five o'clock there was a dog-fight in front of Graham 's drug-store . At five-forty-five the evening train lurched in , bearing The Mysterious Stranger . Tracey Tanner saw him first , having driven down to the station with his father 's surrey on the off-chance of picking up a quarter or so from some drummer wishing to be conveyed to the Bigelow House .