noon
What really got things goin ' , though , was when some of the stock clerks and bookkeepers , who 'd heard and talked nothin ' but Gopher these last two days , begun buyin ' lots outright and turnin ' 'em in for deeds . Whether or not they believed all Hubbs had fed 'em about Gopher do n't matter . They was takin ' a chance . So they slips out at noon and gives real orders . Course , they wa 'n' t plungin ' ; but the combined effect was the same . And it do n't take the curb long to get wise . `` The suckers are buying Gopher , '' was the word passed round .