About ten o’clock
It was about a week after the sailors were frightened from the ship , that a curious experience befell Mark . Washington was on duty in the conning tower , attending to the apparatus as the ship flew through the air , and all the others had gone to bed . Mark had remained up , later than the others as he was interested in reading a book on science . About ten o'clock he became hungry , and going to the pantry got some bread and cold meat . He set these on a table , and then , remembering he would need some water to drink , started after some in the cooler , which was in a little room near the tower . Washington heard the boy as he turned the faucet to draw the liquid , and spoke to him , as the colored man was rather lonesome at his post . Mark did not linger more than a minute or two , but when he returned to where he had left the food he was much surprised .