About two in the afternoon
Tommy wondered vaguely at the hostility displayed toward Jamison , but Frank explained it all by saying that the fellow was a common loafer and had n't a friend in town . The boys might have been arrested a dozen times that day had the hostility to Jamison and his men not taken such positive form . But while Jamison , half-intoxicated , roared about the street , the boys kept as quiet as possible and so escaped general notice . About two in the afternoon the boys were very much surprised to see a gentleman who had been pointed out to them as the surgeon walk into the old blacksmith shop where they sat . He beckoned Frank to one side and the two engaged in a short but apparently satisfactory conversation , at the conclusion of which the doctor shook the boy 's hand heartily . `` All right , '' he said on taking his departure , `` I 'll attend to the matter at once ! I know the operator and it 'll be all right there . ''