about eleven o'clock
He had a mounted escort of six or seven besides his teamster . The MacLeod trail runs less than twenty miles north of here , you know . I followed it , knowing about where they 'd camp for the night , thinking I 'd make their outfit and get something to eat and a chance to sleep an hour or two ; then I could come on here early in the morning . I got to the place where I had figured they would stop , about eleven o'clock , but they had made better time than usual and gone farther , so I quit the trail and struck across the hills , for I did n't want to ride too far out of my way . When I got on top of the first divide I ran onto a little spring and stopped to water my horse and let him pick a bit of grass ; I 'd been riding eight hours , and still had quite a jaunt to make . I must have been about three miles south of the trail then . '' He stopped to light the cigarette he had rolled while he talked , and I kept still , wondering what would come next .