ten minutes past eight
Dave wanted to be abed by half past eight that evening , as Coach Luce had requested ; but about a quarter past eight , just as he was about to retire , his mother discovered that she needed coffee for the next morning 's breakfast , so she sent him to the grocer 's on the errand . Dick , while eating supper , thought of an item that he wanted to print in the next day 's `` Blade . '' Accordingly , he hurried to the newspaper office as soon as the meal was over . It was ten minutes past eight when Dick handed in his copy to the night editor . `` Time enough , '' muttered the boy , as he reached the street . `` A brisk jog homeward is just the thing before pulling off clothes and dropping in between the sheets . '' As Dick jogged along he remembered having noticed , on the way to the office , Tip Scammon in a new suit of clothes .