five o'clock
`` Not yet , Mister Don ; we have to break out that road before I can run my engine in there , you see , '' whispered the man . Perfectly contented to think that he would n't miss any fun on that engine , Don said good-night to Jim and ran after the family who were on the way to the bunks . THE routine of life in a lumber camp never became tiresome , but it systematized matters for the children . Every morning at five o'clock the rising gong was beaten by the cook 's helper , and at five-thirty the men had breakfast . The families ate at six-thirty , and at seven-thirty an hour was given to study of the daily lessons . Then an hour of freedom came , followed by three hours of close application to school . The classes met in one of the large rooms of the office building and Miss Miller had scholars who were eager to study , for not one of them wished to be detained after school ; there were too many wonderful things to be done , and being detained after school hours meant the missing of some of the wonders .