twelve o'clock
`` Here 's the three cents , '' said Tommy , as he joined the boys in the road . `` Now tell me how I can stay away from school without having to take any physic . '' `` Just come with us ; we are not going to school this fine morning . When the factory bell rings for twelve o'clock , just go home ; and your folks wo n't know but that you have been to school . '' `` That 's the way , '' added Ben Tinker . `` That 's what the fellers call ` hookin ' jack . ' '' Tommy did not exactly like the idea at first , for he could not help thinking what might happen in case he got found out .