about four o'clock in the morning
There were a good many large boulders that checked its course and made a roaring music in the quiet of the valley . It was a full half mile from the hill where the camp was . `` This would be a fine stream for trout , '' remarked Tom . `` I wish we were going to stop in this valley long enough to give us a chance for some sport , but I suppose we will get up about four o'clock in the morning and chase over the mountains all day and then make a dry camp where our animals will be stampeded by the Indians . '' `` You certainly are a croaker , Tommy , '' laughed Jim heartily , for Tom 's pessimistic prophecies never failed to amuse his big brother , `` but cheer up , I have about decided to stop here in the valley for a day or two and give the children a good time . '' `` It wo n't be a bad idea , Skipper , '' remarked Juarez , `` because it will give the horses a good rest and they have had a long , hard pull of it the past ten days , and will put them in good condition for the rest of the trip ; perhaps , too , we can get a deer or two around here . '' `` There formerly was and ought now to be deer in this valley or near it , '' put in Jeems .