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`` It 's just as well , '' returned Mr. Wilder . Then , finding that the men were impatient to be on the move , he gave the command to start and they rode toward the Long Creek bottoms . When Tom and Larry awoke it was bright daylight . `` Why it 's nine o'clock , '' exclaimed Larry in amazement as he looked at his watch . Hastily the brothers dressed and then went to see if Horace was in his room or had played some joke on them in letting them sleep . To their relief , they found him in bed . `` Hey , you , get up ! ''