about nine o'clock
`` I 'll be glad to get out on a range once more , '' said John Smith . `` I 've got enough Indian blood in me to feel cooped up in a house . It will be sport out there , riding ponies and seeing the cattle . '' The boys reached the post-office about nine o'clock and Nat mailed his letter . `` It 's early to go back , '' said Jack . `` Is n't there something that we can do ? '' `` There 's a moving picture show in town , '' said John .