1 o'clock
Will it buy of your wares in the name of the devil ? They say it 's tainted . '' `` I will , '' says Mike , `` and I 'll put it in the drawer next to the bills that was paid to the parson 's daughter for kisses at the church fair to build a new parsonage for the parson 's daughter to live in . '' At 1 o'clock when the hod-carriers were making ready to close up the front and keep the inside open , a woman slips in the door of the restaurant and comes up to Old Jack 's table . You 've seen the kind -- black shawl , creepy hair , ragged skirt , white face , eyes a cross between Gabriel 's and a sick kitten 's -- the kind of woman that 's always on the lookout for an automobile or the mendicancy squad -- and she stands there without a word and looks at the money . Old Jack gets up , peels me off the roll and hands me to her with a bow . `` Madam , '' says he , just like actors I 've heard , `` here is a tainted bill .