ten o'clock
`` Well , if he did , he 'll do it , and that 's all I 've got to say about it . '' Twice that evening a dark face appeared at the window of the telegraph office and peered in at the boys . Each time the owner of the dark face hastened away after a short inspection of the lads and conferred with two men in a dark little hotel office . Shortly after ten o'clock two great touring cars , long , lean racers , ran up to the curb in front of the telegraph office and stopped . The street was now well-nigh deserted , but what few people were still astir gathered around the machines . There were three husky men in each machine , and in each car was room for one more person . Only one man alighted and entered the office .