noon
Meantime the soldier Wilkes had died of his injuries , and the coroner 's inquiry was to be opened that day . `` Unfeeling brutes ! The bloodhound is an angel of mercy compared to them , '' thought Glory , but the worst sting was in the thought that John had fled out of fear and was now in hiding somewhere . Toward noon the newsboys were rushing through the Inn , crying their papers against all regulations , and at the same moment Rosa came in to say that John Storm had surrendered . `` I knew it ! '' cried Glory ; `` I knew he would ! '' Then Rosa told her of Brother Andrew 's attempt to personate his master , and with what pitiful circumstances it had ended .