4:30
`` Oh , Meg Heger , if you are going , I beg of you let me go with you . '' The mountain girl thought for a moment , then she said : `` I will leave word for whoever may return . '' Taking from her pocket the notebook and pencil she always carried , she tore out a page and wrote upon it : `` Jane Abbott and Meg Heger are going to the Crazy Creek Camp in search of the children . The hour is now 4:30 . If we think best , we will remain there all night . '' The Eastern girl shuddered when she read the note , but made no comment . `` Let us tack it on the door after we have closed it , '' she suggested .