eight o'clock
I know a good camping spot ten miles from here , and that will be just the place for us while you are huntin ' around fer that money . '' `` Then let us make that camping spot by all means , '' said Tom . `` We must n't let Baxter get first whack at the treasure . '' It was eight o'clock when they started once more on their journey . The air was dull and heavy , and the snow came down in thick flakes , which presently shut out the landscape on all sides . Fortunately the wind had died down entirely , so it was not near so cold as it had been . `` It would be easy enough , if we could stick to the river all the way , '' remarked .