nine o'clock
No wan cud believe it at first . But fin ` lly it was officially announced in Parlymint be that hot headed ol' pathrite , Lord Salsberry himsilf . In a voice choked be emotion he arose an ' give three cheers . Afther which he read Gin ` ral Kitchener 's dispatch : ` I have th ' pleasure to rayport that yisterdah at nine o'clock Lord Mechoon be a superb sthrategy had himsilf surrounded be an infeeryor foorce iv Boers undher Gin ` ral Delaney or some such name . Our cust ` mary precaution iv dhrawin ' in th ' pickets afther nightfall an ' buryin ' our rifles , which had repeatedly failed in th ' past owin ' to th ' caution iv th ' Boers , wurruked admirably . Gin ` ral Delaney was completely taken be surprise an ' befure he cud recover , Lord Mechoon had thrown himsilf around his neck an ' given him his cigreet case in token iv submission . Th ' command behaved with gr-reat gallantry .