about eleven o'clock
After dragging the houseboat out and finding a suitable anchorage , Harriet rowed over to the mainland . Running up to the farmhouse she telephoned to the nearest town for a launch to come down and give them a tow . Billy Gordon and his motor boat were not on hand for the purpose this morning . When about eleven o'clock a launch came down the coast in search of them the wind had risen and the lake was rough . It was an old boat and did not look as though it could stand much weather . The man running the boat said there was rather a stiff sea on the other side of the island , but he thought he could make it . Miss Elting said she would give him five dollars if he would take them across .