7 o'clock
`` I want to call for a hundred volunteer citizens to go hunt this girl , '' he announced . A minute later , all that was left of Rockvale was the buildings and the women , children and old men who stood watching a cloud of dust blotting the sunset glow and listening to the retreating clatter of a flying cavalcade . Sikes kept the office open late . At 7 o'clock he telephoned to Mrs. Haines at the Double Cross : `` What does he say ? '' she cried . `` Just one word -- Comin ' , '' said Curt in an aggrieved voice . `` He could 've sent ten words fer the same price , '' he grumbled .