three A.M.
`` No , thank you , sir , '' he said , respectfully . `` Mr. Montgomery , if you 'll excuse me for breaking in , I 'd like to give you three messages I 've brought here to-night . '' `` You 're a faithful old chap , '' said Subway Smith , thickly . `` Hanged if I 'd do A.D.T. work till three A.M. for anybody . '' `` I came at ten , Mr. Montgomery , with a message from Mr. Brewster , wishing you many happy returns of the day , and with a check from him for one thousand dollars . Here 's the check , sir . I 'll give my messages in the order I received them , sir , if you please .