midnight
`` I wish they would come on board of the Teaser and help me out , for my men wo n't work . '' `` How many men have you ? '' asked the lieutenant . `` Just fifteen ; the rest of my crew were to come on board at midnight , half an hour before high tide . But the men I have with me wo n't work , and I shall not be ready for them , I am afraid . '' `` What is the reason they wo n't work ? '' `` They say they shipped to fight the Yankees , and they are not going to do such work as lighting up the steamer . ''