about ten o'clock
If you two think she 's a bargain , buy her in for the syndicate . As for me an ' Neils , we 'll go down to the Front an ' charter a tug an ' chase out after that there derelict before the revenue cutter gets her an ' blows her out o ' the path o ' commerce with a stick o ' dynamite . '' Forthwith Mr. Gibney and Neils , after snatching a hasty breakfast , departed for the waterfront , where they chartered a tug for three days and put to sea . At about ten o'clock Captain Scraggs and McGuffey strolled leisurely down to Jackson Street wharf to inspect the _ Victor _ . By noon they had completed a most satisfactory inspection of the steamer 's hull and boilers , and bought her in for seven thousand dollars . Captain Scraggs was delighted . He said she was worth ten thousand .