four o'clock
There was nothing for it but to go on , and that they did in a weary , dispirited manner . `` The map ca n't be wrong , '' said Ned , `` the trouble is that we veered a little too far south in our course . We 'll make a nearer cut of it on the return trip . Walk a little faster , Clay ; it will be a tight squeeze to reach camp by four o'clock . '' It wanted a little less than three hours to that time when the boys reached the little cluster of six houses which comprised West Hill . The signboard had probably told only half the truth in regard to distance -- as country signboards usually do . The postoffice was , of course , combined with a produce store .