noon
As I bade good-by to Mr. Clark and thanked him for the order given me , he said : `` Somehow you do not seem like a stranger . '' I thanked him for that compliment most sincerely . Sunday to the commercial traveler , if to no others , is preeminently a day of rest . If there are stores open during week days he feels that he ought to be at work , and if he gives himself an extra half-hour at noon or evening his conscience pricks him . But upon the Sabbath there is nothing to be done by way of business , unless in getting from one town to another , and it is his rest day . I slept so late -LRB- I admit that I am always lazy whenever I dare be -RRB- that I fancied I would have the dining-room to myself , but I had plenty of company . The hotel where I was had an excellent reputation on the road and was a favorite place at which to pass Sunday .