two o'clock in the morning
`` Abel says there are plenty of fish for all of us around Itigailit Island . Perhaps , then , we 'd better go home , Partner , and put things in shipshape for an early start in the morning . '' And so they parted in high glee , Bobby to the cabin to break the good news to Mrs. Abel , and Skipper Ed down the trail toward his own cabin , with Jimmy at his heels . Though the days were long now , for this was July , when dawn comes in this land before two o'clock in the morning , it was scarce daylight when Skipper Ed and Jimmy in their big trap boat , and with a skiff in tow in which were stowed his seven sledge dogs , hoisted sail and bore down the bay before a westerly breeze . And as they passed beyond the point which separated the cove in which Abel 's cabin stood from the cove where their own cabin stood , they discovered Abel 's boat almost abreast of them , and within hailing distance . Bobby and Jimmy exchanged vociferous greetings , and Skipper Ed and Abel converged their courses until the boats were so close as to permit of conversation . It was a glorious morning .