10:30
They scrubbed and mopped and re-arranged , and every time Rasba appeared they splashed so much that he was obliged to escape . When at last he was allowed to return he found the boat all cleaned up like a honey-comb . He found that the gambling apparatus had been taken away , except the heavy crap table , which was made over into a pulpit , and that chairs and benches had been arranged into seats for a congregation . A store-boat man climbed to the boat 's roof at 10:30 , with a Texas steer 's horn nearly three feet long , and began to blow . The blast reverberated across the river , and echoed back from the shore opposite ; it rolled through the woods and along the sandbars ; and the Prophet , listening , recalled the tales of trumpets which he had read in the Bible . At intervals of ten minutes old Jodun filled his great lungs , pursed his lips , and swelled his cheeks to wind his great horn , and the summons carried for miles . People appeared up the bank , swamp angels from the timber brakes who strolled over to see what the river people were up to , and skiffs sculled over to bring them to the river meeting .