About five o'clock
He had his furniture carried to an auction-room , where it was sold . '' `` How did you learn all this ? '' `` I found Boomsby 's saloon first . About five o'clock the porter of the store next to it began to sweep off the sidewalk . I saw that my uniform took his eye , and he was as polite to me as though I had been an admiral in the United States Navy . I talked with him awhile , asking him questions about the city . Finally I brought the matter of the conversation down to the subject of saloons .