four o'clock
Lord , did n't Peck wake up suddenlike , an ' squall for help ? We all turned out in a hurry , but he swam across , an ' the opposite side bein ' sort of slopin ` like , the pony scrambled out . Then Peck was afeered to cross back in the dark , an ' stayed over thar all night , a-shiverin ' an ' a-shakin ' an ' a-cursin ' like a crazy man . When we got up for breakfast that mornin ' at four o'clock it was clear , an ' cold , an ' dark . The cook he goes down to the creek an ' hollers to Peck sort of sarcastic-like , ` Come to breakfast , Peck ! ' an ' Peck he gets mad an ' swears at the _ cocinero _ pretty plenty , an ' said ef he did n't go back he 'd turn loose on him with his six-shooter , an ' the cook , bein ' pretty rollicky hisself , he goes back to the wagon an ' pulls his Winchester an ' starts fer the creek agin , but Jackson stops him an ' turns him back . When it comes daylight Peck went down the creek a mile and finds a place to cross whar it wa 'n' t so deep , an ' so gits back to camp jist as we was pullin ' out .