five o'clock in the afternoon
Workings of the Harris-Ingram Experiment Unexpected Meetings The Crisis THE HARRIS-INGRAM EXPERIMENT It was five o'clock in the afternoon , when a bright little messenger boy in blue touched the electric button of Room No . -- in Carnegie Studio , New York City . At once the door flew open and a handsome young artist received a Western Union telegram , and quickly signed his name , `` Alfonso H. Harris '' in the boy 's book . `` Here , my boy , is twenty-five cents , '' he said , and tore open the message , which read as follows : -- Harrisville , -- .