ten o'clock
`` Sieber with the scouts ca n't be farther away than Jarvis Pass . We 'll meet him , '' said Hunter to his sergeant , `` and trail these Scoundrels to their holes . '' His words were true . Before ten o'clock they had met , not only Sieber , but Turner 's troop from Verde , coming full tilt , and Gwynne was now turned over to the doctor 's care . Startled suddenly from his sleep , it was indeed a dreadful sight , and one calculated to shake the nerves of many an old soldier , that greeted Pike 's eyes as he peered over the rocky parapet in front of him . One glance was sufficient . Looking down behind the wall , he seized Jim by the throat , shaking him vigorously and at the same time placing his other hand over his mouth so that he might make no outcry .