nine o'clock
From the sledge on the river below they trundled up their bedding and their stores . Bud had an old single-barrel shotgun , a knife and a pipe , which he was just learning to smoke ; Bonner brought a Navajo blanket , a revolver and a heavy walking stick . He also had a large flask of whiskey and the pipe that had graduated from Harvard with him . At nine o'clock he put to bed in one of the chilly nests a very sick boy , who hated to admit that the pipe was too strong for him , but who felt very much relieved when he found himself wrapped snugly in the blankets with his head tucked entirely out of sight . Bud had spent the hour in regaling Bonner with the story of Rosalie Gray 's abduction and his own heroic conduct in connection with the case . He confessed that he had knocked one of the villains down , but they were too many for him . Bonner listened politely and then -- put the hero to bed .