10:30 A.M.
I had been to every bank , to every firm , to every man in town , and I could n't raise ten cents more . If you refuse this thing , you will be doing something that -- '' `` Oh , hush up , Tal ! '' broke in Johnny gruffly ; `` if that 's how you feel -- '' `` It is . '' `` It is now , '' said Johnny firmly , `` 10:30 A.M. , but I 'm going to have bubbles . If you fellows do n't want me all drunk and dressed up , you 've got to help me drink them . '' We felt very elated -- and rather small . Talbot had alone and without , so to speak , moving from his tracks , made a fortune , while we , after going through many hardships , adventures , and hard work , had returned almost penniless .