midday
They expected the women to rare them on nothink , or at odd moments , the same way as they expect them to do everythink else . Now , even the swells is gone hen mad , an ' the papers are full of poultry bein ' a great industry , but it was women started it . '' Upon strolling abroad that morning we found a huge placard bearing the advice -- `` Vote for Olliver Henderson , M.L.A. , the Local Candidate , '' decorating the post of the gateway through which we gained the highroad . Uncle Jake was credited with this erection , so Andrew made himself absent at a time when there was need of his presence , and thereby caused a deal of friction in the vicinity of grandma , but with the result that by midday Uncle Jake 's placard was covered by another , reading : `` Vote for Leslie Walker , the Opposition Candidate , and Save the Country ! '' At three o'clock this was obscured by a reappearance of Henderson 's advertisement , which was the cause of Uncle Jake being too late to catch that evening 's train with a load of oranges he had been set to pack . At the risk of leaving the milking late , Andrew was setting out to once more eclipse this by Walker 's poster , only that grandma adjudicated regarding the matter . `` Jake , you have one side of the gate , an ' Andrew you take the other .