nine o'clock
None of us can handle the boats the way they do . '' `` Oh , you 'll find the boys all right on one of the boats , '' asserted Fred Radwin , confidently . The rivals went down to the water front together . It was well after nine o'clock when they entered a shore boat . `` We 'll go out to your craft , first , '' proposed Mr. Rhinds , `` You 'll feel so much better , gentlemen , when you find your crew all right . I 'll feel better , too , for I would n't want to beat you unfairly to-day . '' Grant Andrews and two of his workmen stood on the platform deck of the `` Benson , '' leaning against the conning tower , when the shore boat came within hail .