nine o'clock
Johnny laid a handful of cigars on a table and stretched himself in a steamer chair . When the sudden daylight broke , silvering the harbour ripples , he was still sitting there . Then he got up , whistling a little tune , and took his bath . At nine o'clock he walked down to the dingy little cable office and hung for half an hour over a blank . The result of his application was the following message , which he signed and had transmitted at a cost of $ 33 : TO PINKNEY DAWSON , Dalesburg , Ala. . Draft for $ 100 comes to you next mail . Ship me immediately 500 pounds stiff , dry cockleburrs .