about noon
Besides , I do n't like to leave two bound men alone in so wild a district for any great time . No , we 'll start Dud on the back trail . That grizzly you promised Big Bill might really turn up . '' The two men struck the headwaters of Wild-Goose Creek about noon and followed the stream down . They traveled steadily without haste . So long as they kept a good lookout there was nothing to be feared from the men they had left behind . They had both a long start and the advantage of weapons .