about noon
It was a sloop that carries the mails to Hetherton , a village that has no rail connection . `` The captain hauled me aboard , questioned me , looked as though he more than half doubted my yarn , and then put me to bed in the cabin of the sloop . He attended to me as best he could . When we reached Hetherton , about noon , a doctor patched me up . I had something to eat , bought this new hat , and hired a driver to take me ten miles to the railway . Then I came over here as soon as I could , and -- pardon me , but I 'm feeling weak . I 'll sit down right here . ''