noon
This done he went to bed and slept soundly until awakened at six o'clock . Half an hour later he was at the depot , and took a seat in the smoking-car . Neither Bob nor Sam were there ; but they arrived five minutes before the train left , and seated themselves some distance from Jet . From that time until considerably past noon the boy could do no more than watch his men ; but he was well content , knowing they had no suspicion as to being followed . Then the end of the first stage of the journey was finished , and the real work of trailing the human game began . Jet loitered around the station asking questions relative to the best way of getting into the woods , but all the while keeping his eye on the men . Their movements puzzled him .