seven P.M.
`` I do n't got to consider every bit of meat which I am putting in my mouth . And even if I would , Henry , what is doctors for ? If a feller would got to deny himself plain food , Henry , he might as well jump off a dock and _ fertig _ . '' Henry Schrimm was an active member of as many fraternal orders as there are evenings in the week , and he possessed a ready sympathy that made him invaluable as a chairman of a sick-visiting or funeral committee ; for at seven P.M. Henry could bring himself to the verge of tears over the bedside of a lodge brother , without unduly affecting his ability to relish a game of auction pinochle at half-past eight , sharp . `` Jumping off a dock is all right , too , Mr. Gembitz , '' he commented , `` but you got your family to consider . '' `` You should n't worry about my family , Henry , '' Gembitz retorted . `` I am carrying good insurance ; and , furthermore , I got my business in such shape that it would go on just the same supposing I should die to-morrow . '' ''