two o'clock in the morning
We have some use for him . Go back and get the lariat , and we 'll try to heave him up . '' It was very quiet and somewhat chilly in the little back room of Horton 's hotel when Damer , who lay on a trestle-cot , moved his head a trifle and made a feeble sign . The fire had sunk in the stove , and it was then towards two o'clock in the morning , when man 's vitality is at its lowest . The young doctor Horton had brought in from a distant settlement shivered a little as he rose and stooped over the bed . Damer glanced at him out of glazing eyes , and made a faint gesture . `` I have no use for you , '' he said .