About ten
o'clock
`` Well , turn in , Scraggsy , but the minute we hit the dock you run up town and fix things up with Bart . '' And without further ado he set the alarm clock for seven o'clock , kicked off his shoes , and climbed into his berth with his clothes on . The crews of the _ Aphrodite _ and the _ Bodega _ slept late also , for they were weary , and fortunately , no calls for a tug came into the office of the Red Stack Company all morning . About ten o'clock Dan Hicks and Jack Flaherty breakfasted and about ten thirty both met in the office . Apparently they were two souls with but a single thought , for the right hand of each sought the shelf whereon reposed the blue volume entitled `` Lloyd 's Register . '' Dan Hicks reached it first , carried it to the counter , wet his tarry index finger , and started turning the pages in a vain search for the American steamer _ Yankee Prince _ . Presently he looked up at Jack Flaherty .