midday
The cavalrymen soon found Thorne an ' hurried with him back on Uncle Sam 's land . Thorne was half naked , black an ' blue all over , thin as a rail . He looked mighty sick when I seen him first . That was a little after midday . He was given food an ' drink . Shore he seemed a starved man . But he picked up wonderful , an ' by the time Jim came along he was wantin ' to start for Forlorn River .