one o'clock
So she trudged up to the bank with it . The journey was something more than a mile in length . Mrs. Cantwell arrived at the bank , only to make the same discovery that her husband had made about the need of counting and wrapping the money before it could be deposited or exchanged . It was close to one o'clock , and the High School not far away . So , full of ire , Mrs. Cantwell started down to her husband 's place of employment . Once school let out for the day , a quarter of a thousand members of the student body went off , full of glee , to spread the news of the joke . As they hurried along many of the students noticed that Mrs. Cantwell was standing not far from the gate and that , at her feet , lay her husband 's black satchel .