eight o'clock
You can get here just as quick as a letter . Maybe quicker . '' Except for the schoolboyish signature , that was all ; but there was a world of importance between the laconic lines . David caught the early morning stage and was on his way over the ridge to the railroad with old Jeff , before eight o'clock . He reached home that night , surprising the housekeeper and servants . To his amazement , they knew absolutely nothing of Dick Cronk . He had not been there , nor any one answering to the description .