about three o’clock in the afternoon
And Ike rose and yawned till he showed every tooth in his capacious mouth . `` I gottee heap muchee sleep , me no sleep mole foh twenty-one day , '' said Wah Shin , who seemed determined not to agree with Ike in this matter . `` If ebber I should get out of this yar scrape , an ' I should hab lots of money an ' plenty ob time , '' said Ike with comical earnestness , `` I 'll go off to some place whar it ai n't dark most all de time , an ' I 'll sleep in de sun foh weeks an ' weeks an ' weeks at a stretch , an ' do n't you forgit it . '' As it was now about three o'clock in the afternoon Sam , after consulting with Ulna , and recalling their experience of the night before , decided not to launch their raft till the following morning . Wishing more than ever that he was a bird , Ike went off with Wah Shin to gather fuel , and Sam and Ulna , both much exhausted , lay down to get a little much needed sleep . When they closed their eyes the western sun was flooding the cañon with a river of golden glory , when they woke up `` night had let her sable curtain down and pinned it with a star . '' A great fire was blazing near by , and Ike and Wah Shin were preparing supper , while Maj sat licking his chops and eagerly watching the operations .