five o'clock
But Bonnie Bell got so some afternoons she 'd be out hours at a time , ripping and charging up and down , water flying out from the front of the boat . Mostly she 'd ride in her bathing clothes , and her hair done up under her cap . There was kind of a wild streak in her anyway and she was always taking chances . One evening round four or five o'clock , after a warm day in the summer time , she was out there about a quarter of a mile from the shore and all by herself . There was quite a wind up , and the waves was rolling pretty high , breaking white on top , too , and making such a noise I was plumb uneasy . Her pa was away from home ; so I went down on the dock and stood out there trying to holler at her so she would hear me , but I could n't make her hear . I waved things , too , but she did n't seem to see them .