9:15
For you never can tell just when old Hickory Ellins is going to cut loose . Course , being on the inside , with my desk right next to the door of the private office , I can generally forecast an eruption an hour or so before it takes place . But it 's apt to catch the rest of the force with their hands down and their mouths open . Why , just by the way the old boy pads in at 9:15 , plantin ' his hoofs heavy and glarin ' straight ahead from under them bushy eye dormers of his , I could guess that someone was goin ' to get a call on the carpet before very long . And sure enough he 'd hardly got settled in his big leather swing chair before he starts barkin ' for Mr. Piddie . I expect when it comes to keepin ' track of the overhead , and gettin ' a full day 's work out of a bunch of lady typists , and knowin ' where to buy his supplies at cut-rates , Piddie is as good an office manager as you 'll find anywhere along Broadway from the Woolworth tower to the Circle ; but when it comes to soothin ' down a 65-year-old boss who 's been awake most of the night with sciatica , he 's a flivver . He goes in with his brow wrinkled up and his knees shakin ' , and a few minutes later he comes out pale in the gills and with a wild look in his eyes .