eleven
o'clock
As Pat had foreseen , there was a crust on which the shoes made no impression . Hal elected to go down the north side of the brook while Upton took the opposite side . Pat and Sparrer were to visit a certain swamp not far distant . All were to be back at the cabin by eleven o'clock . To Upton the tramp in that wonderful wilderness of glistening white meant far more than the hunt . As a matter of fact the very thought of killing anything amid such pure surroundings was repugnant to him . To this feeling a big white hare which foolishly sat up to stare at him within fifteen minutes after he had left the cabin undoubtedly owed its life .