noon
inquired the man , leaning over the bar to look at him . `` The one you take the train for Scranton from . '' `` Which train for Scranton d'ye want to take ? '' `` The one ' t leaves at noon . '' `` Why that train goes in just five minutes . You could n't catch that train now , my little cupid , if you should spread your wings and fly to the station . '' It was not the bar-tender who spoke this time ; it was a young man who had left his chair by the stove and had come up closer to get a better look at the boy .