eleven o'clock
Beyond the college walls , out of the reach of the contemptible bigotry of the trustees of this world , the people were calling for him . He could be the new type of public servant , the clean , strong , fearless , idolized young Moses , predestined to lead a tired people into the promised land of political purity . Once more a white meadow of eager faces rolled out before the eye of his mind ; and this time , from the buntinged hustings , he did not extol learning with classic periods , but excoriated political dishonesty in red-hot phrases which jerked the throngs to their feet , frenzied with ardor ... . And it was while he was still in this vein of thought , as it happened , that Colonel Cowles , at eleven o'clock on the first night of June , dropped dead in his bathroom , and left the _ Post _ without an editor . _ The Little House on Duke of Gloucester Street ; and the Beginning of Various Feelings , Sensibilities , and Attitudes between two Lonely Men . _ One instant thought the news of the Colonel 's death struck from nearly everybody 's mind : _ He 'll miss the Reunion _ . For within a few days the city was to witness that yearly gathering of broken armies which , of all assemblages among men , the Colonel had loved most dearly .