about ten o'clock
Maybe they think the offer and suggestions of a boy will have a result where a regular official visit would offend Mr. Peter Pope 's backer -- see ? '' All the same , Bart felt very much pleased over this unexpected communication . He blessed his lucky stars that he had such a bright and dependable substitute at hand as Darry Haven . The latter soon made his school and home arrangements , and Bart left affairs in his hands about ten o'clock , catching the train west after getting a pass for the Cardysville round trip . It was two o'clock when the train arrived at Bart 's destination . He found Cardysville to be a place of about 2,000 inhabitants . Most of the town , however , lay half-a-mile away from the B. & M. Railroad , another line cutting in farther north .