two o'clock
In a few weeks ' time the letters containing checks and money orders for subscriptions reached such proportions that Mrs. Talmage was distracted trying to attend properly to the clerical work . Mr. Talmage saw that it was such tiresome application to detail that he telephoned Uncle Ben to send out a competent filing clerk ; in a few days a nice young girl of about eighteen arrived and took charge of all the mail , and Mrs. Talmage heaved a deep sigh of relief . Uncle Ben had made it a custom to visit his brother 's family every week-end since the inception of the magazine , and one Saturday he arrived unusually early -- in time for lunch . `` Ned , can you call a meeting of the B. B. & B. B. 's at the Publishing House for two o'clock ? '' asked Uncle Ben . `` The Bobolinks will be there anyway , but I am not so sure about the Blue Birds , '' said Ned , looking at Ruth . `` We had something to talk over in the Winter Nest , but we can postpone it until afterward , '' said Ruth .