two o'clock
There were four big freezers of ice cream , one for delivery at the town confectioner 's , one at the drug store soda fountain , and two for the picnic grounds , where an afternoon celebration was on the programme . Besides these , there were three packages containing flags and fireworks , marked `` Delayed -- Rush . '' He closed the office door , tacked to it a card announcing he would return inside of half an hour , and loaded into the wagon the entire morning 's freight except the two freezers intended for the picnic grounds . These could not be delivered until two o'clock that afternoon , and he stowed them in the new express shed , covering them carefully with their canvas wrappings . Bart made a record run in his deliveries . He had formed a rough receipt book out of some loose sheets , and when he came back to the office filled out his entries in regular form . Several persons visited the place up to nine o'clock -- storekeepers and others who had lost their goods in the fire .