ten o'clock in
the morning
If we could do that for four days we 'd be in Clarkeville ! '' `` Clarkeville in fo ' days it am den , '' echoed Elmer , `` or bust . '' `` We 've got six soup tablets . If we dine on one at ten o'clock in the morning and one at seven o'clock in the evening we 'll have regular meals for three days . '' `` And de las ' day we wo n't need none , we 'll be in such a hurry , '' added the colored boy , happy again in Ned 's company . That was the spirit in which the expedition started . Late that afternoon they emerged from the timber and were on the sandy foothills where progress was faster .