three o'clock
When the favorite figure of the `` Bird in the Cage '' was danced , and the caller-out shouted , `` Bird flies out , and the crow flies in , '' everybody in the room , cried `` Caw ! caw ! '' in excellent imitation of the sable-hued fowl thereby typified , and the dancers , conscious of an admiring public , `` swung '' and `` sashayed '' with increased vehemence . Toward three o'clock Joe was again dancing with Quinn 's Aggy , and as the caller-out chanted : `` Swing that girl , that _ pretty _ little girl , That _ girl _ you left _ behind you _ ! '' he advanced toward her with an air of mock gallantry . At the same moment Bub Quinn stalked into the middle of the set , a sombrero planted firmly on his head , a long cowhide whip in his hand . He seized Aggy by the arm with a grip that must have hurt her , and said , `` I 'm going home now ; you can do as you d -- please . ''