three o'clock
said Thorpe sharply . Scotty turned back to his task , which was to help the blacksmith put together the wagon , the component parts of which the others had trundled out . With thirty men at the job it does not take a great while to move a small cargo thirty or forty feet . By three o'clock the Pole Star was ready to continue her journey . Thorpe climbed aboard , leaving Shearer in charge . `` Keep the men at it , Tim , '' said he . `` Put up the walls of the warehouse good and strong , and move the stuff in .