Three o'clock
We all watched Coe out of the corner of our eye as he went on smoking his cigar , and every time he took out his watch and looked at it it seemed like my heart stopped beating . `` Three o'clock , boys ! '' he says , rising business-like from his chair , while Lum looked up expectant , and my gizzard seemed to shrink inside me . `` Three o'clock , boys ! '' He had n't no more nor got the words out of his mouth when Rau ripped out there was a canoe coming off , and we all ran pellmell for the rail . Sure enough , there was an outrigger aiming straight for us , and the fellar in it was bent double and paddling that fast that the water spurted at the bow like it was a race . When he got within a cable 's length he stopped , and waved something he had in his hand , and shouted a lot of stuff we could n't make head or tail of .