ten o'clock
Those who had no money fortunately had good credit with those of us who had , for there was yet much to be seen , and in Dodge in '82 it took money to see the elephant . There were several variety theatres , a number of dance halls , and other resorts which , like the wicked , flourish best under darkness . After supper , just about dusk , we went over to the stable , caught our horses , saddled them , and tied them up for the night . We fully expected to leave town by ten o'clock , for it was a good twelve mile ride to the Saw Log . In making the rounds of the variety theatres and dance halls , we hung together . Lovell excused himself early in the evening , and at parting we assured him that the outfit would leave for camp before midnight . We were enjoying ourselves immensely over at the Lone Star dance hall , when an incident occurred in which we entirely neglected the good advice of McNulta , and had the sensation of hearing lead whistle and cry around our ears before we got away from town .