noon Wednesday
So that 's the best I can give Snick when he shows up in the mornin ' , and it was the same every day that week . I was kind of sorry for Snick , and was almost on the point of luggin ' him and his discovery out to the house and askin ' in a few of the neighbors , when Sadie tells me that the Purdy-Pells are back from Florida and are goin ' to open their town house with some kind of happy jinks Wednesday night , and that we 're invited . Course , that knocks out my scheme . I 'd passed the sad news on to Snick ; and it was near noon Wednesday , when I 'm called up on the ` phone by Sadie . Seems that Mrs. Purdy-Pell had signed a lady harpist and a refined monologue artist to fill in the gap between coffee and bridge , and the lady harper had scratched her entry on account of a bad case of grip . So could n't I find my friend Mr. Butters and get him to produce his singer ? The case had been stated to Mrs. Purdy-Pell , and she was willin ' to take the risk .