ten o'clock
If you ever run across him , send him home at once . '' `` I will -- if he 'll go , '' answered Earl ; but neither he nor Randy ever dreamed of meeting Fred Dobson where they did . The visit over , the brothers left , to hunt up some cheap hotel at which to stop for the night . This was an easy matter , and at ten o'clock they retired . A sound sleep , however , was out of the question , for both were anxious concerning the outcome of their dealings with Bartwell & Stone . Promptly at the hour appointed they met the squire at the office of the brokers and bankers . Another banker , well known to both Squire Dobson and to Mr. Stone , was introduced all around , and thus Randy and Earl 's identification was established beyond a doubt .