noon
He spent a little time in making his camp comfortable in ways known to any outdoor man . But when day broke clear the following morning he was on the hill , compass in hand , bearing due west from the original stake . He found the second without much trouble . He ran a line south and east and north again and so returned to his starting point by noon with two salient facts outstanding in his mind . The first was that he suspected himself of having bought a poke which contained a pig of doubtful value . This , if true , made plain the difficulty of re-sale , and made him think decidedly unpleasant things of `` Lewis and Company , Specialists in B.C. Timber . '' The second was that someone , within recent years , had cut timber on his limit .