three o'clock
Beside the stream she found the footprints of a child , and they looked quite fresh -- as if they had been made that day . She whipped up her flagging energy and went on hopefully . It was a long while afterwards that she met him coming down a canyon on his horse . It must have been past three o'clock , and Miss Allen could scarcely drag herself along . When she saw him she turned faint , and sat down heavily on the steep-sloping bank . The Kid rode up and stopped beside her . His face was terribly dirty and streaked with the marks of tears he would never acknowledge afterwards .