six o'clock
`` Was n't I behind , pushing Car Three all the way over ? '' All hands set up a shout of laughter . The story of Phil Forrest 's brilliant and perilous dash quickly spread about the town . By six o'clock a great crowd had gathered about the station to get a look at the car and at the Circus Boy who had piloted her . Phil was hustling about in search of an engine crew from the other road . He wanted his car moved from the main track , before some other train should come along and run into him , thus completing the wrecking that he already had so successfully begun . In the meantime Teddy placed himself on view , parading up and down , looking wise and pompous .