eleven o'clock
`` We 're at a point where we need orders , for we 've had to lay down one part of the work while waiting for further instructions . '' `` I ca n't help you any , then , '' replied Rutter . `` Sorry , but before I could give any orders I 'd need a few myself . '' At eleven o'clock that night Dr. Gitney arrived , with saddle-bags full of medicines and other necessaries . He saw Blaisdell , and pronounced the assistant engineer a very sick man . Shortly after midnight Mr. Thurston rode into camp . He tottered from saddle and reeled until Tom , on the lookout for him , ran forward and supported the chief engineer to his tent .