noon
`` The stop to business will be our worst loss . There is no telling when we will be able to resume . I only trust the accounts in the safes are all right . '' By noon the fire was under control . It had burnt itself out , and all that remained of the establishment was its four scorched walls , and the mass of half burned stock and fixtures within . Part of the stock had been saved , and this was transferred to an empty store near by . The boys assisted in this work until late in the evening , and also all day Saturday .