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If the concussion is n't bad he 'll become conscious before very long . '' But hour after hour passed and Teeny-bits did not regain his senses . He lay in a stupor , occasionally muttering thick and unintelligible words . `` There 's no need of you fellows staying up , '' said Wolcott Norris at midnight . `` The doctor and I will be here with Teeny-bits and the best thing you can do is go to bed . '' After a time the Williams brothers went home and Whipple and Phillips followed the mining engineer 's advice . Neil Durant and Ted Norris , however , refused to leave the room where Teeny-bits lay .