about nine
o'clock
John , Muro and Uraso held a conference that night . As a result Harry was comforted to know and feel that George was safe , and that within a day or two at most , they would be able to come up with the tribe . The entire party now numbered thirty-five , all well armed . In the morning , as soon as it was light enough to see they were up , and after a quick breakfast Muro directed them along the trail made the night before , and the spot where Muro found the trace was reached about nine o'clock . John and his party now spread out so as to take in a wide expanse , and they marched toward the east for fully two hours . Sometimes all traces would be lost , and then there would be a halt and a search , and the native wit of the scouts was generally acute enough to recover the trail . During these periodical searches , one of the men bounded forward with a cry , as he held up a hand in which something was swinging .