ten o'clock
Who else than they would have removed the cartridges from all those cylinders and replaced them with empty shells ? Now , they knew that Tex was the marshal 's right-hand man when it came to any trouble , and that , during the shipping season , when the outfits were around town a good deal , each of them kept a horse in the corral back of the `` Bucket of Blood , '' ready for any emergency . Arriving in town , they proceeded to get gloriously full again , while Tex and Jenkins , secure in the knowledge of those empty shells they had placed in their revolvers , enjoyed the fun and allowed them full play . Along toward ten o'clock the boys drifted down to the only restaurant in Horse Head that kept open all night as well as all day . It was kept by `` Chinese Louie , '' an almond-eyed celestial who ran a store , restaurant , wash-house , and the village photograph gallery , all under one long roof . Now , when a puncher gets into a restaurant , the only thing he craves is ham and eggs . Of beef he has a surfeit .