nine A.M.
Well , it 's nothin ' to me , and I 'm glad to duck any dealin 's with stray dames ; for when it comes to the surprisin ' sex you never know what you 're goin ' to be let in for . Besides , my part of his executor game was only to O.K. J. Bayard 's final schemes and see that he spent the money somewhere near the way I judged Pyramid meant to have it distributed . Course , I had n't been able to stick to that very strict in the first two cases ; but this time it looked like I would . So by the next afternoon , havin ' been busy in the gym since nine A.M. , I 'd forgotten the incident complete , and I 'm some surprised when Swifty Joe announces that there 's a female party askin ' for me in the front office . `` Wha ' d'ye mean -- female party ? '' says I. `` Is it a lady ? '' `` Ah-r-r-r chee ! ''