five minutes after ten
I hope I go bankrupt if I do n't raise his salary ! '' He turned to a pigeonhole in his desk and drew forth the charter he had negotiated months before with Matt Peasley for the Tillicum . He read it over carefully , tucked it in his breast pocket and slipped quietly out the door . One hour later a suit against the Pacific Shipping Company was filed in the county clerk 's office , and at five minutes after ten a deputy-sheriff appeared at the paying-teller 's window in the Marine National Bank and filed a writ of attachment on the funds to their credit . Cappy Ricks was having his mid-afternoon siesta in his office when Captain Matt Peasley appeared at the counter of the general office and , without awaiting an invitation to enter , swung through the office gate and made straight for Cappy 's office . En route he had to pass through Mr. Skinner 's lair , and the general manager looked up as Matt entered . `` Well , Captain , '' he said pleasantly , `` how goes it ? ''