six o'clock
Mile after mile he traveled down the creek . At dusk there was no sign of his new friend . Just before dark he climbed a dead stub at the summit of a high ridge and half a dozen miles of the unbroken barren stretched out before his eyes . At six o'clock he stopped to cook some tea and warm his meat and bannock . After that he traveled until ten , then built a big fire and gave up the pursuit until morning . At dawn he started again , and not until the forenoon was half gone did he find where the doctor had stopped to camp . The ashes of his fire were still warm beneath and the snow was trampled hard around them .