ten in the morning
But this stranger has news for me . '' Persimmon Bill turned to the Texan , who had drawn his horse away a little , so as not to intrude on the conversation between the lovers . `` I have the news you asked for , '' said Jack . `` The party , all told , who will start at nine or ten in the morning , and camp twenty miles out to-morrow , number twenty-nine men , all well armed , the most of them with repeating rifles and six-shooters . Half of them are old scouts , the rest are miners , gamblers , and a couple of them are traders . They have fifty animals , saddle and pack , and carry no wagons . The mules are loaded pretty heavy , at least them that belong to the traders , and are well worth capture . ''