Monday noon
Did Welborn 's fifty-to-one chance fail ? Davy had planned to ride over to the B-line , and go over his speech-plans with his manager and promoter . Now , it seemed necessary that he and Landy ride down to the filling station seeking news of the missing ones . Monday noon , the faithful old Gillis car labored up the hill and came to a stop . Jim and Sam got out to inquire if dinner was ready . Little was said during the meal as to the outcome of their trip . Jim made a brief explanation that they had been as far as Rawlins , accompanying the sheriff in his disposition of his boarders .