twelve o'clock
Then , half an hour later , Bone , the bar-keep , came up to see him , in haste and excitement . They stood outside , where the visitor had called him for a talk . `` Jim , '' said Bone , `` you 're in fer trouble . Parky is goin ' to jump your claim to-night -- it bein ' New Year 's eve , you know -- at twelve o'clock . He told me so himself . He says you ` ai n't done assessment , nor you ca n't -- not now -- and you ` ai n't got no more right than anybody else to hold the ground . And so he 's meanin ' to slap a new location on the claim the minute this here year is up . ''