seven o'clock
A lonely prospector , a few miles to the east , saw the spark and wondered at it . He knew that no one lived in that part of the country . The more he thought of it the more it puzzled him , though with the morning there came an unexpected solution . A body of mounted troopers left Ararat an hour or so before daylight the next morning , and by seven o'clock had reached the scene of the robbery . They had with them a capable black tracker who had figured in recent events in the Wombat Ranges . He was a silent individual who answered to the name of `` Jacky , '' a name that seems to be the heritage of all blacks who serve in the police force . He quickly picked up the false scent , and the party turned east .