six o'clock
It was to the interest of the Law and Order party that Rube and his precious crew should be promptly and easily captured . They had been instructed to carry boldly and flagrantly , in full daylight , down the middle of the bay . But Terry 's permission , to lay in `` refreshments '' at cost of the conspirators had been liberally interpreted . By six o'clock Rube had just sense enough left to drop anchor off Pueblo Point . There the three jolly mariners proceeded to celebrate ; and there they would probably have lain undiscovered had less of a bulldog than Durkee been sent after them . As it was , midnight had passed before Durkee 's keen eyes caught the loom of some object in the black mist close under the point . Quietly he eased off the sheet and bore down on it .