six-fifty-nine

Updated: May 19, 2025

With a sage and prophetic eye fixed upon the face of the clock, and a particularly greasy hand grasping the whistle-cord, Zeb would wait until the clock registered exactly six-fifty-nine and a half whereupon the seven o'clock whistle would commence blowing, to cease instantly upon the stroke of the hour.

Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne - The Valley of the Giants