a few minutes after six o'clock
Dick , however , did n't hear of it -- in Gridley . It was Harry Hazelton , who , at four o'clock , mounted a horse he had hired for the trip and rode over to Tottenville , where the camp wagon was obtained from Mr. Newbegin Titmouse . Hazelton wasted no time on the road , but drove as fast as the horse could comfortably travel . It was but a few minutes after six o'clock , that August morning , when Dick Prescott and his five chums , collectively famous as Dick & Co. , drove out of Gridley . Harry Hazelton was now the driver , the other five high school boys walking briskly just ahead of the wagon . Mr. Titmouse 's special vehicle carried all that Dick & Co. would need in the near future , and the six boys were setting out on what was destined to be their most famous vacation jaunt . Just before leaving Gridley , Greg Holmes had bought a copy of the `` Blade '' from a newsboy .