three o'clock sharp
You boys had better hustle away home now , and find out if yer parents will let yez go . Ye must bring along a blanket or two each , and enough grub to last yez fer supper and breakfast . I 'll look out fer the tea , milk , and the cookin ' utensils . The ones who are goin ' must be here by three o'clock sharp . '' Rod hurried home and found Parson Dan reading the morning paper which had just arrived . `` Look here , Rodney , '' and the clergyman pointed to the headlines of an article a column long . `` See what the newspaper says about Miss Royanna , and how she came all the way to Hillcrest to sing for the scouts . ''