about midnight
asked Bob . `` Yes , '' said Mr. Anderson . `` They will go back as far as that logging camp we passed about four miles away . There they will give their horses a little grain and as soon as the moon comes up they will be off , and back in Escoumains about midnight . Those little Canadian horses are very strong and can stand a lot of hard work . '' Bob , Pud , and Bill stood around watching the guides and the two men as they busied themselves about the fire . `` Let 's have supper first , '' said Mr. Waterman .