nine o'clock
Steele had asked this woman , whose name was Price , how much her husband had lost , and , being told , he assured her that if he found evidence of cheating , not only would he get back the money , but also he would shut up Martin 's place . Steele instructed me to go that night to the saloon in question and get in the game . I complied , and , in order not to be overcarefully sized up by the dealer , I pretended to be well under the influence of liquor . By nine o'clock , when Steele strolled in , I had the game well studied , and a more flagrantly crooked one I had never sat in . It was barefaced robbery . Steele and I had agreed upon a sign from me , because he was not so adept in the intricacies of gambling as I was . I was not in a hurry , however , for there was a little frecklefaced cattleman in the game , and he had been losing , too .