four o'clock
The Conservatives were not sure that Bill Batters was not giving them the double cross -- once a Grit , always a Grit ! Angus was threatening to have him arrested for abduction -- he had beguiled John Thomas from the home of his friends , and then carelessly lost him . William Batters realized that he had lost favor in both places , and anxiously longed for a sight of John Thomas 's red face , vote or no vote . At four o'clock John Thomas awoke much refreshed , but very hungry . He went into the house in search of something to eat . Milton and his wife had gone into town many hours before , but he found what he wanted , and was going back to the hay-mow to finish his sleep , just as Billy Adams was going home after having cast his vote . Billy Adams seized him eagerly , and rapidly drove back to town .