twelve o'clock
The fact are , there ai n't airy one in my whole family connection what 's got any more 'n I have ! '' The shower that had been threatening began now in earnest , and Donald started toward town at a brisk canter , but before he had gone two squares the rain was driving in sheets across the street , and he was obliged to dismount and seek shelter in the doorway of an isolated building that stood at the end of the common . It was a double door with the upper parts in colored glass , on which was boldly lettered , The CANT-PASS-IT SALOON . In one of the windows a placard informed the famishing residents of Billy-goat Hill that their thirst might not be assuaged until after twelve o'clock on Sunday night . As Donald stood in the doorway , an automobile turned the corner and came to a stop , the lights from the lamps shining on the wet street , and throwing everything outside their radius into sudden darkness . A man got out of the machine and ran for shelter . He was coughing , and held his collar close about his throat .