noon
She 'd know Sam was n't crazy or the victim of a practical joke . He had told the truth . It was n't the first time a man got in trouble with a woman by telling her the truth , but it was new to Sam and it hurt . He went over to Bradensburg that day to repair some broken lines , and around noon , he went into a store to get something to eat . There were some local sportsmen in the store , bragging to each other about what the Bradensburg baseball team would do to the Dunnsville nine . Sam said peevishly , `` Huh ! Dunnsville will win that game by two runs ! ''