two in the morning
Then Mr. Macey gave it up . The gaudy , foolish trifle was worth about five thousand dollars . As the night wore on Mr. Macey began to have a pessimistic notion that perhaps some one had found the scarf but had been too `` thrifty '' to turn in such a precious article for so small a reward . `` I guess it may as well be given up , '' sighed Mr. Macey , after two in the morning . `` I 'm going home , anyway . '' The readers of `` The Blade '' that crisp October morning knew of Mrs. Macey 's loss . There was much talk about the matter around the town .