one o'clock
`` I thought possibly some officers might have driven or ridden to town . '' `` No , sir . The only horses that crossed this threshold going out last night were Mr. Sutton 's team from town . They were put up here until near one o'clock , and then the doctor sent over for them . I locked up right after that , and can swear nothing else went out . '' Chester entered the stable and looked curiously around . Presently his eye lighted on a tall , rangy bay horse that was being groomed in a wide stall near the door-way .