half past one
Ki , the Indian , had the fox skin cured , and proudly showed it to Betty . She was delighted with the silky pelt and ran upstairs to put it in her trunk while Ki saddled Clover for the return trip . She knew that a good furrier would make her a stunning neck-piece for the winter from the fur . It was slightly after half past one when Betty started for the Saunders farm , and as the day was warm and the patches of shade few and far between , she let Clover take her own time . In a lonely stretch of road , out of sight of any house or building , two men stepped quietly from some bushes at the side of the road , and laid hands on Clover 's bridle . Betty recognized them as the two men dressed in gray whom Bob had followed on the train , and who had interviewed him while the aunts were ill . `` Do n't scream ! ''