one o'clock
Be patient and it may end better than we now fear . '' So Bub drove Mr. Conant to Millbank and then the boy took the car to the blacksmith shop to have a small part repaired . The blacksmith made a bungle of it and wasted all the forenoon before he finally took Bub 's advice about shaping it and the new rod was attached and found to work successfully . It was after one o'clock when the boy at last started for home and on the way was hailed by a stranger -- a little man who was trudging along the road with both hands thrust in his pockets . `` Going far ? '' he asked . `` Up th ' mount 'n to Hillcrest , '' said Bub .