two o’clock
He drove across the city to the Union Station , the three children accepting him and all he did without question . At the station they found the man from the hotel with the trunks and with three bright new suit cases . Sam went to the express office and putting several bills into an envelope sealed and sent it to the woman while the three children walked up and down in the train shed carrying the cases , aglow with the pride of them . At two o'clock Sam , with the little girl in his arms and with one of the boys seated on either side of him , sat in a stateroom of a New York flyer -- bound for Sue . Sam McPherson is a living American . He is a rich man , but his money , that he spent so many years and so much of his energy acquiring , does not mean much to him . What is true of him is true of more wealthy Americans than is commonly believed .