five o'clock
The bacon was sputtering when Joanne ran to it and rescued it from burning . Dawn followed quickly after that first break of day in the east , but not until one could see a full rifle-shot away did MacDonald return to the camp . Breakfast was waiting , and as soon as he had finished the old hunter went after the horses . It was five o'clock , and bars of the sun were shooting over the tops of the mountains when once more they were in the saddle and on their way . Most of this day Aldous headed the outfit up the valley . On the pretext of searching for game MacDonald rode so far in advance that only twice during the forenoon was he in sight . When they stopped to camp for the night his horse was almost exhausted , and MacDonald himself showed signs of tremendous physical effort .