five o'clock before
They could not leave him there alone upon the mountain-top ; nor was it an easy matter to descend to the bottom of the cañon for help . `` You stay here , Charley , '' said John , `` and I 'll go for Dr. Mason . '' `` That wo n't do , Jack . It will be five o'clock before you can cross the cañon , and dark by the time you reach North Bloomfield . Alleghany City is the place to strike for . Get Dr. Lefevre over there . They say he can cure paralysis if any man can . ''