about noon
`` But I must tell you about something that happened to us before coming here . It was in a place not far from Chicago , and my companion and I were tracting as usual . I took one side of the street and he took the other . Well , along about noon when it was time we should quit , my companion did n't make his appearance . I waited a long time , then crossed the street to look for him . The weather was warm and people were mostly out of doors in the shade . I heard what sounded like a big discussion on a porch behind some vines .