nine o'clock
Independence Day dawned bright and clear and throughout the town of Fairview there was the usual amount of noise . During the morning Snap heard from another lad how Ham and Carl were boasting of their fireworks . `` Finest fireworks the town ever saw , '' Ham had said . All the boys were invited to `` hang on the Dudder fence '' and see them set off that evening at nine o'clock . `` Now is the time for us to do something , '' said Snap to his chums , a little later . The evening before they had visited the Dudder barn but had failed to locate the fireworks . `` That 's right , '' said Giant .