noon
`` The consate o ' you ! '' he said . `` Thrue , ye 're a fine boy , Ned , an ' I know of no conversayshun more entertainin ' than yer own , but I tale that if I did n't get dhrunk like a gintleman this avenin ' , I 'd be violatin ' me juty to me own conscience , as well as settin ' at naught the thraditions o ' the Rile Irish . An ' so , if ye 'll just excuse me , I 'll say good-bye till , say , to-morrow noon . '' And now there still fared on the swift , sane empire of the West . The rapid changes , the strivings , the accomplishments , the pretensions and the failures of the new town blended in the product of human progress . Each man fell into his place in the community as though appointed thereto , and the eyes of all were set forward .