ten o'clock
`` I am going to stay by the camp and meet some friends of mine that I expect very shortly . Come back _ pronto _ , Hardy , for there 's no telling what we may have to do before night . '' Larkin 's predictions of a visit were soon enough fulfilled . It was barely ten o'clock when several horsemen were seen riding toward the banks of the Big Horn . Bud mounted Pinte and advanced to meet them . First came Beef Bissell , closely attended by Stelton , and after them , four or five of the Bar T punchers . The actual encounter took place half a mile from the camp .