about noon
McCormick was not hard to convince . Tired as he was , he grabbed up his hat and started off to put the final machinery in motion to wind up the long chase for the firebug . `` I must get a couple of hours ' sleep , '' he yawned as he left us , '' but first I want to start something toward finding Douglas . I shall try to see you about noon . '' I was too exhausted to go to the office . In fact , I doubt if I could have written a line . But I telephoned in a story of personal experiences at the Stacey fire and told them they could fix it up as they chose and even sign my name to it .