four o'clock in the afternoon
Some workers were already there , digging trenches , distributing sawdust and the like . Andy volunteered to help them . It would be good practice in the way of experience , he told himself . Until four o'clock in the afternoon he was quite busy about the place . He had heard so much circus talk during his free labors that his mind was more full of the show than ever . Andy had heard one of the workers describe to a new hand all the excitement , bustle and novelty attending a jump from one town to another . He strolled about the place but grew restive .