nearly noon
Jen watched to see if her father or Pierre would notice that the horse was changed , had been travelled during the night , or that it was a different one altogether . As the morning wore away she saw that they did not notice the fact . This ignorance was perhaps owing largely to the appearance of several ranchmen from near the American border . They spent their time in the bar-room , and when they left it was nearly noon . Still Sergeant Tom slept . Jen now went to him and tried to wake him . She lifted him to a sitting position , but his head fell on her shoulder .