nine o'clock
Sid Strang and the hotel bench brigade assisted . They made engagements to take Pearlie and her friend down river next day , and to the ball game , and planned innumerable picnics , gazing meanwhile into the leading lady 's eyes . There grew in the cheeks of the leading lady a flush that was not brought about by the pink slip , or the Japanese lanterns , or the skillful application of rouge . By nine o'clock the strawberry supply was exhausted , and the president of the Foreign Missionary Society was sending wildly down-town for more ice-cream . `` I call it an outrage , '' puffed Pearlie happily , ladling ice-cream like mad . `` Making a poor working girl like me slave all evening ! How many was that last order ?