three in the morning
`` All right , boys , sit up all night and tell fool stories if you want to . But remember , I 'll have the last rascal of you in the saddle an hour before daybreak . I have little sympathy for a man who wo n't sleep when he has a good chance . So if you do n't turn in at all it will be all right , but you 'll be routed out at three in the morning , and the man who requires a second calling will get a bucket of water in his face . '' Captain Frank and several of us rose expecting to take the hint of our employer , when our good intentions were arrested by a query from Dan Happersett , `` Did any of you ever walk down a wild horse ? '' None of us had , and we turned back and reseated ourselves in the group . `` I had a little whirl of it once when I was a youngster , '' said Dan , `` except we did n't walk .