twelve o'clock
The three men waited near the house for half an hour more , but in vain . It was then within an hour of midnight . Slowly , at last , they turned away , but had gone no more than half a dozen rods when they met the bar-keep , Doc Dennihan , Lufkins the teamster , and four other men of the camp , who were coming to see if Jim had yet returned . `` I thought he mebbe had n't come , '' said Bone , when Webber gave his report , `` but Parky 's goin ' to try to jump his claim at twelve o'clock , and we ai n't goin ' fer to stand it ! Come on down to my saloon fer extry guns and ammunition . We 're soon goin ' up on the hill to hold the ledge fer Jim and the poor little kid . '' With ominous coupling of the gambler 's name with rough and emphatic language , the ten men marched in a body down the street .