two o'clock
The whole troop made easy work of running out the _ Skyrocket _ . After standing about admiringly a while , they all scattered , some of them , Jerry learned from their conversation , to try to teach Elizabeth how to catch bass . Jerry grinned to himself at this ; he had heard Tod tell of the exploits of this slip of a girl , and no boy in camp could do more with a four-ounce bass rod than she could . Tod and Jerry went at once at their grinding , and by two o'clock all was in readiness . Every rod and strut and bolt and screw was in place , tight as a drum . The nickel and brass of the bearings flashed in the sun ; the _ Skyrocket _ looked fit as a fiddle . There was still a little gasoline in the gallon can that they had been using for testing the motor , and Tod let it gurgle into the gasoline tank that curved back on the framework just above the pilot 's seat .