about noon
The only way in which it could be opened , and an almost impossible way , at that , was by blowing it open . And yet the vault had been robbed , and the vault lock had apparently not been tampered with . It had the appearance of necromancy . Ted rode into town with Billy Sudden , arriving about noon . Billy rode on to the Dumb-bell Ranch , and Ted stopped at the bank . It seemed deserted . But as he entered the door he saw a big man , dressed in the flashy clothes affected by managers of cheap circuses and fake shows , standing at the end of the counter talking to Wiley Creviss .