One
o'clock
These Fort Worth cowmen are an easy lot , or yours would never have passed under the classification . '' An hour before noon , Tomas Martines , the corporal of Santa Maria , rode up to inquire what time we wished his cattle at the corrals . They were back several miles , and he could deliver them on an hour 's notice . One o'clock was agreed upon , and , never dismounting , the corporal galloped away to his herd . `` Quirk , '' said Nancrede to me , noticing the Mexican 's unaccustomed air of enterprise , `` if we had that fellow under us awhile we 'd make a cow-hand out of him . See the wiggle he gets on himself now , will you ? '' Promptly at the hour , the herd were counted and corralled , Don Mateo Gonzales not troubling to appear , which was mystifying to the North Texas men , but Uncle Lance explained that a mere incident like selling seven hundred cattle was not sufficient occasion to arouse the ranchero of Santa Maria when his corporal could attend to the business .