about 11 P.M
It had , said the sentry , and was waiting down the street . Gray hurried in the direction indicated , was gone perhaps three minutes , and returned , saying that the sentry must be mistaken , that no carriage was there . But the sentry reiterated his statement that it had been there and had been waiting for some time , and must have disappeared while he was temporarily around at the opposite side of the building . This was about 11 P.M. . Then when Gray appeared at reveille Morton had disappeared . `` It 's not the sergeant let them fellers out , '' said the regimental oracles . `` This is no ten-dollar subscription business . ''