four o'clock
The tenth day came and he set out for the mouth of the Canoe River . On the afternoon of the twelfth he paddled slowly into Limping Moose Creek . Without any reason he looked at his watch when he started for old Robert 's cabin . It was four o'clock . He was two days ahead of his promise , and there was a bit of satisfaction in that . There was an odd thumping at his heart . He had faith in Cassidy , a belief that the Irishman would call their affair a draw , and tell him to take another chance in the big open .