ten o'clock
Those boys will get lost in the mountains yet , and go hungry for a few days . That would be punishment enough for Jimmie -- hunger ! '' The boys sat by the campfire a long time , heaping dry wood on the blaze until they were obliged to widen the circle about it . There was only the light of the stars , looking down from a cloud-flecked sky , but there would be a moon shortly after ten o'clock . `` If the boys do n't return before long , '' Frank broke out , after a moment of silence , `` I 'm going to take a searchlight and go out looking for them . '' The boy expressed the thought which was brooding in the minds of them all . They were more than anxious for the safety of the two truants .