one o'clock
`` They are coming for me now , and I am simply playing 'em . '' Hodge had lost something , but he said little , being more than satisfied as long as Frank was winning . Thus the hours passed . By one o'clock Frank was far ahead of the game , but he still played on , for he knew it would not seem right for him to propose stopping . Dare , Harris and Winslow were nearly broken , but they still hung on , hoping for a turn in their direction . Snell had plenty of money , for all that he had been the heaviest loser . Finally there came a good-sized jackpot , which Dare opened .