noon
I was purty sleepy after my meal , an ' it was just all I could do to stagger up an ' down the hills , before I found a place to flop in . It was under a little tree in a big yard , an ' I got out at sun-up 'cause I did n't want any one to see a business man occupyin ' such quarters as that . I did n't miss breakfast much that day , an ' I went about my work singin ' an ' whistlin ' . Just before noon I found a hundred dollars on the floor close to the door . I asked every one around if they had lost any money , an ' most of 'em said no , an ' them what bad lost any -- an ' the ' was a purty high average that mornin ' -- had all lost the wrong amount , or else it was in a different kind of a sack ; so I knocked off at noon , went to a new restaurant , an ' et a fair meal , which they charged me one dollar for . I thought that was goin ' a little stout for a porter , but I knew I 'd find a place where I could live on my income as soon as I got better acquainted , an ' I was purty light-hearted when I got back that noon . `` You 're nineteen minutes late , '' sez the floor boss .