after six in the morning.

As for me, I shall expect to get no sleep until I've put this big news story in shape." Yet that morning's issue of the "Blade" didn't contain a word on the subject.

Mr.Pollock was wise enough to write the story, then save it for appearance at the proper time.
By six o'clock Harry was aroused.

A closed cab, its driver pledged to secrecy, was at the door to carry Harry on his rounds.

He visited the parents of all the members of Dick & Co., informing them that the story they might soon hear was not based on any facts that need alarm them.
Before seven o'clock that morning Dodge and Bayliss, wild-eyed and haggard looking, met at Bert's home.