about four
o'clock
Watson left the buggy and disappeared by a path at the roadside . Miller drove rapidly forward . After entering the town , he passed several small parties of white men , but escaped scrutiny by sitting well back in his buggy , the presumption being that a well-dressed man with a good horse and buggy was white . Torn with anxiety , he reached home at about four o'clock . Driving the horse into the yard , he sprang down from the buggy and hastened to the house , which he found locked , front and rear . A repeated rapping brought no response . At length he broke a window , and entered the house like a thief .