noon
The universal cry was for unshrinking firmness . Well , he would show them that he was firm , and shrank from no unpleasantness where his duty was concerned . Brown he ordered before him for a severe reprimand , and Jones he summarily dismissed from old Blaines College . These decrees went into effect at noon . At 4 o'clock in the afternoon the war-dogs broke their leashes . Four was the hour when the `` night '' edition of the _ Evening Chronicle _ came smoking hot from the presses . It appeared that young Jones was the son , not merely of a plumber , but of a plumber who was decidedly prominent in lodge circles and the smaller areas of politics .