about noon
They were at the time only a few miles from a shack on Dry Creek , where the Lazy D punchers sometimes put up . McWilliams had attended the wound as best he could , and after a few hours ' rest had headed for the cabin in the hills . They were compelled to travel very slowly , since the motion kept the sheepman 's wound continually bleeding . But about noon they reached the refuge they had been seeking and Bannister lay down on the bunk with their saddle blankets under him . He soon fell asleep , and Mac took advantage of this to set out on a foraging expedition to a ranch not far distant . Here he got some bread , bacon , milk and eggs from a man he could trust and returned to his friend . It was dark by the time he reached the cabin .