about two
o'clock in the morning
There had been plenty of fights over rights on the river , but they had always been clean fights , where muscles and fists counted for the victory . Craig had claimed that the bluff of the guns would be sufficient . Latisan was not agreeing , and on that account he was finding the outlook a dark one . The train on which he was riding was an express headed for Canada , and was due to pass the junction with the Adonia narrow-gauge at about two o'clock in the morning . There was no scheduled stop at the junction ; the afternoon train connected and served the passengers from downcountry . Latisan had bought a ticket to the nearest regular stopping place of the express . He began to wonder whether Craig , with the influence of the Comas to aid him and his fifteen fellow passengers in an argument , had been able to secure special favors .