about ten o'clock
`` We 'll gather beeves on the lower end of our range to-morrow , '' said Joel to the cook and wrangler , `` and there 's no need to touch at headquarters . Follow the trail to the old crossing , and make camp at the lower tank -- same camp-ground as the first shipment of Lazy H 's . The rest of the outfit will follow , once these cattle are loaded out . You might have a late supper awaiting us -- about ten o'clock to-night . '' The gates closed on the beeves without mishap . They were cut into car lots , from horseback , and on the arrival of the crew , the loading began . A short hour 's work saw the cattle aboard , when the dusty horsemen mounted and clattered into the straggling hamlet .