eleven o'clock
He was meaty with news and scarey stories . The boys would sit around and listen to him yarn , and now and then a smile would come on their faces . Miller was delighted with his guest . He had shown no signs of letting up at eleven o'clock the first night , when he happened to mention where he was the Christmas before . '' ` There was a little woman at the ranch , ' said he , ` wife of the owner , and I was helping her get up dinner , as we had quite a number of folks at the ranch . She asked me to make the bear sign -- doughnuts , she called them -- and I did , though she had to show me how some little . Well , fellows , you ought to have seen them -- just sweet enough , browned to a turn , and enough to last a week .