noon
By putting the meaningless pieces together one obtains a complete design . The last piece to go into this puzzle is the mishap that befell Naismith on that very afternoon . He was no doubt thwarted in his design to waylay me on the road from Spanish Falls by a singular occurrence in this tavern . He was attacked in his room here shortly after the noon hour , overpowered , bound and gagged by two men . They carried him to another room , where he remained until late in the night when he managed to extricate himself . I have reason to believe that this part of his story is true . He knew the men .