nine o'clock
said `` Mourner , '' who , though ready to swallow most rumoristic pills , could not manage this one . `` Go to New York with eighty bags of mail for the Santiago fleet ! I can see us doing it . '' -LSB- Illustration : `` THE SPAR DECK WAS COVERED WITH RED SHELLAC '' -RSB- -LSB- Illustration : `` THE MARINES AIRED THEIR HAMMOCKS ON THE FORECASTLE DECK '' -RSB- `` Taps '' sounded at nine o'clock , and we were glad enough to turn in . When all hands were called , I rubbed my eyes in astonishment , for as I glanced out of the deadlight near which my hammock swung , I saw that we were under way and well out to sea . I put on my togs in a hurry , and after lashing and stowing my `` dream bag , '' rushed on deck . Yes , sure enough , we were at sea .