two o'clock
It was the trail . `` That was handy , '' commented Dick , and promptly forgot about it . But Sam treasured the incident for the future . And then , just before two o'clock , the wind did them a great service . Down the long , straight lines of its flight came distinctly the creak of snow-shoes . Evidently the traveller , whoever he might be , was retracing his steps . At once Sam overturned the sledge , thus anchoring the dogs , and Dick ran ahead to conceal himself .