ten o'clock
No other mortal man could have traced the route by which he led his friends home . Jeff was a creature of the out-doors . He knew his deserted island thoroughly . It was only a little after ten o'clock when the party of three women and two men arrived at the lodge . Before they got inside the door they caught a whiff of a grateful odor . Lillian and Eleanor had put a great part of their last rations into a big kettle of soup . The last can of tomatoes had been sacrificed , the last half dozen potatoes .