eight o'clock
Six laughing and not very tired boys piled aboard the wagon that afternoon , with what looked like a `` mountain '' of prime birch bark roped on . For seven more working days Dick & Co. toiled faithfully , at the end of which time they discovered that they had about `` cleaned '' Katson 's Hill of all the really desirable bark . `` Your canoe will be dry enough to launch in the morning , '' said Driggs , as he received the last load at his stable . `` Come down any time after eight o'clock and we 'll put it in the water . '' Were Dick & Co. on hand the next morning ? Dan Dalzell was the last of the six boys to reach post outside the locked gate of the yard , and he was there no later than twenty-one minutes past seven . At five minutes before eight Hiram Driggs arrived , keys in hand .