about nine
o'clock
On it are located the three towns of Sanford , Mellonville , and Enterprise , at the last of which we made a landing . This place I had heard spoken of as the `` paradise of sportsmen , '' and the headquarters of all who desire to hunt and fish in this part of the state . For a change , the passengers went on shore and stopped at the Brock House over night . Cornwood went with them , but he returned about nine o'clock . I was reading some letters I had obtained at the post-office ; but none came from my father , and I had become quite anxious about him . `` What do your passengers wish to do , captain ? '' asked Cornwood , as he joined us in the cabin .