nine o'clock
`` Nobody but us boys neveh comes heah . Ah 'll pass de word to de Backslid Baptis ' to hunt you up when he ` rives f 'm uptown tonight . '' Until nine o'clock that night the Wildcat and Lily lay under cover . Shortly after nine o'clock the Backslid Baptist arrived at the station to board his Pullman , which would be cut into the Panama Limited . He encountered the Wildcat in the latter 's retreat . `` How come ? When Ah seed you dis aftehnoon you an ' Lily wuz in de parade-leadin ' business , followin ' Honey Tone Boone on de mule . ''