nine o'clock
`` There 's no hurry . Coons wo n't be running for three or four hours after sundown . '' So he sat and smoked , while Sam vainly tried to get acquainted with old Turk ; Yan made notes on some bird wings nailed to the wall , and Guy got out the latest improved edition of his exploits in Deer-hunting and Woodchuck killing , as well as enlarged on his plans for gloriously routing any Coon they might encounter . By insisting that it would take an hour to get to the place , Yan got them started at nine o'clock , Caleb , on a suggestion from Guy , carrying a small axe . Keeping old Turk well in hand , they took the highway , and for half an hour tramped on toward the `` Corners . '' Led by Sam , they climbed a fence crossed a potato field , and reached the corn patch by the stream . `` Go ahead , Turk .