nine o'clock
asked Cap'n Sproul , anxiously . `` He will , '' declared Hiram , with conviction . `` A free trip combined with a chance of perhaps doin ' over again such an easy thing as you seem to be wo n't ever be turned down by Colonel Gideon Ward . '' At nine o'clock that evening Cap'n Sproul knocked at Hiram Look 's front door and stumped in eagerly . `` He 'll go ! '' he reported . `` Now let me in on full details of plan . ''