seven o'clock
I am not afraid , '' declared the Indian girl . `` If I only had him out on the Osage Reservation , I would know what to do to with him . '' But she did not explain what treatment she would accord Dokota Joe if she were at home . It was only seven o'clock when Jim Hooley called on the telephone and told Ruth that , following instructions from Mr. Hammond , he had gathered the company together and that the special car standing in the railroad yard outside Chicago would be picked up by the nine-thirty western bound Continental . The girls had scarcely time to dress and drive to the point of departure . There was some `` scrabbling , '' as Jennie expressed it , to dress , get their possessions together , and get away from the hotel . `` Did n't see Dakota Joe anywhere about , did you ? ''