four o'clock
An hour later , Bob Hale , Henry Vallington , and Tom Rush joined me , saying that Mr. Parasyte had been very gentle with the boys , and had used only mild persuasions . Having failed in all , he had taken his horse and gone away . This was favorable to our operations , and I advised the parson to hasten back , and do the job at once . At four o'clock the Splash was finished , and a coat of paint put on the new streaks . I got under way at once in her , taking my tender in tow . Near the Institute lived a man who owned a large flat-boat , or scow , used for bringing wood down the lake . Tom Rush had hired this clumsy craft for a week .