nine
o'clock
Both passengers thrown out , and one of them is injured ; Anyhow he seems to have been knocked senseless . I 'm going to get a little water in my cap and try to bring him to , '' with which Frank darted to the other side of the road , where his quick ear caught the trickling sound of a small stream gurgling among mossy stones . He was back in less than a minute , and immediately started splashing some of the water in the face of the unconscious man . `` He 's coming around , '' said the other man , watching these operations with eager eyes ; and who several times looked at the three boys as though wondering what they could be doing there on that lonely road at such a late hour , for it was now past nine o'clock . Frank turned aside to see whether he could not light the remaining lamp of the car , which did not appear to have been broken , and had possibly only gone out through the sudden concussion , as acetyline burners often will . He found that it was readily made to shed light again , and once his work here had been done it was only natural for the boy who delighted in machinery of all kinds to take a hasty look at the car . `` I think it might run still .