two o'clock
Hastily the boys loaded the foxes and the venison into the canoe , and as soon as the moon showed above the trees paddled down the lake . They soon found that the moonlight was not bright enough to enable them to run rapids safely , and they consequently had to make frequent carries . Between the rapids they shot swiftly down the current , but the river was so broken that they made no great progress that night . Northern summer nights are short , and soon after two o'clock the sky began to lighten . By three o'clock the boys could see well , and they went on faster , shooting all except the worst stretches of rough water . Shortly after six o'clock they came out from the Smoke River into the Missanabie . `` Stop for breakfast ? ''