About ten o'clock
We parted there fer the las ' time . '' He looked off at the sky a moment . Then came his inevitable addendum , which was : `` I hed a dam sight more tail ` an he did , thet 's sartin . '' About ten o'clock we came in sight of our old home . Then we hurried our horses , and came up to the door with a rush . A stranger met us there . `` Are you Captain Bell ? ''