seven o'clock
There are usually a lot of loafing Indians about these forts , and though it is safe enough to leave our traps , out on the plain , it will not do here . We must stay with them , or at any rate keep them in sight ; besides , these two horses would be a temptation to any redskin who happened to want an animal . '' `` I will wait willingly , Jerry ; I should know nobody inside the fort if I went in . I will see to making a fire and boiling the kettle , and I will have supper ready at seven o'clock . '' `` I shall be sure to be back by that time ; like enough I sha 'n' t be a quarter of an hour away . '' It was but half an hour , indeed , before Tom saw him returning , accompanied by a tall red-skin . `` This is a friend of mine , Tom .