About four o'clock in the morning
It was amusing to hear the excuses , threats , and the like ; but the fact remained the same , that a dozen of us had been robbed by a lone highwayman . I felt good over it , as the money in the grip had been overlooked . `` Well , we cleared out the obstruction in the road , and got aboard the coach once more . About four o'clock in the morning we arrived at our destination , only two hours late . In the hotel office where the stage stopped was the very man who had robbed us . He had got in an hour ahead of us , and was a very much interested listener to the incident as retold . There was an early train out of town that morning , and at a place where they stopped for breakfast he sat at the table with several drummers who were in the hold-up , a most attentive listener .