about midnight
On the other hand , the second prisoner made out to be a nervy , reckless , happy-go-lucky sort of a fellow . He joked with the Irish lad , and pretended to be utterly indifferent as to his fate . Still Jack distrusted him and meant to keep an eye on him pretty much all the time , until an opportunity came to hand them over to the authorities . It was now about midnight . Both boys were tired , but too excited to think of doing much in the way of sleeping . So Jack laid out the balance of the night in watches , and during the six hours remaining he and Jimmie managed to pick up a little rest ; though when morning came both of them were feeling , as Josh Purdue would have said , `` pretty punk . '' They managed to get breakfast , and both of the men were fed after a fashion , although the cautious Jack would take few chances of allowing them to have their hands free .