two o'clock
Well , have a good time , and good luck to you both ! '' And the glass door closed . His business ended , Jimmy 's father seemed another person . He chatted and talked and laughed with his son , ordered a splendid luncheon for them both , swung aboard the train , and by two o'clock they were standing on the very edge of the precipice , with the glorious Falls of Niagara thundering into the basin at their feet . The column of filmy mist , the gorgeous rainbows , the stupendous cataract , leaping and snarling like a million wolves -- it whirled about Jimmy 's brain like a wild dream of No Man 's Land , and he walked beside his father in a daze of delight . They prowled through the islands , crossed the cobwebby bridges from rock to rock above the Falls , and finally sprawled on a bald ledge of stone that jutted far out into the turbulent river . `` We 'll just rest here a few minutes , James , '' said his father , playfully .