twelve o'clock sharp
I had watched all the men as they came ashore , and I asked one of the crew of the `` May Queen '' about him . He had never heard of such a man , he said . So I decided to go up to the house , hear what was going to happen , and then go back to Lanesport on the steamboat . It would leave , so the man told me , at twelve o'clock sharp , and get to Lanesport about one . I would be in time to meet Ed and Jimmy , Mr. Daddles and the rest , and find out if they had had better luck at Big Duck Island . Mr. Snider had a great amount of trouble in getting the people placed as he wished them . The band was in one corner of the garden playing `` Razzle Dazzle '' in very lively fashion .