eleven o'clock
It received a thorough sweeping , the floor was covered with clean sand , and the broken window was boarded up so that the captives could not escape . When this was done David started for home , and Don and Bert went into the house to get ready for supper . The next day was spent much as the preceding one had been spent . At eleven o'clock seven more traps were ready for the field . Then the mule and wagon were brought into use again , and the new traps were distributed along the fence . When the boys came back they took time to eat lunch , after which the coop was put into the wagon , and they set out to visit the traps they had set the day before . `` There 's nothing here , '' said Bert , as he drew rein in front of the thicket in which the first trap was located .