one o'clock
There 's law here , and by God , we 're going to maintain it ! '' At this a man pushes his way out of the thick of the crowd and climbs to a seat beside the chauffeur in the waiting automobile . `` They 've got him , '' he says shortly . `` To the hotel for all you 're worth , Hudgins ; our part is to get this on the wires before one o'clock . Full speed ; and never mind the ruts . '' The dawn of a new day was graying over the capital city , and the newsboys were crying lustily in the streets , when David Kent felt his way up the dark staircases of the Kittleton Building to knock at the door of Judge Oliver Marston 's rooms on the top floor . He was the bearer of tidings , and he made no more than a formal excuse for the unseemly hour when the door was opened by the lieutenant-governor .