three p.m.
he called , pitching his voice to a treble . `` This is Banks , the miner you was trying to talk into buying that little red car last week ; roadster I think you said 't was . Well , I want you to fire up and run down to the Rainier-Grand quick as you can . '' He listened a moment , then : `` Yes , likely I 'll change my mind , if I get so 's I can drive her all right by three p.m. I 'm going east of the mountains , and if I buy I 've got to ship her on the four-ten train -- Yes , I mean the little one with a seat to accommodate two , with a place to carry a trunk behind . Now get busy and rush her down . I 've got some errands to do , and I want you to hurry me around ; then we 'll get away from the crowd out on the boulevard where I can have a clear track to break her on . '' The sale was made , and the mining man must have applied himself successfully to his lesson , for the following morning , when the red car spun out of Wenatchee and up the lifting valley road , a snug steamer-trunk was stowed in the box behind , and Banks at the steering gear was traveling alone .