About ten o'clock
yelled McNally . `` Put him out ! '' The miners rose to the occasion joyously , and `` put him out '' in the most literal fashion ; so that no more was seen of that bully . About ten o'clock we were getting tired ; and probably the reaction from the `` 42 calibre whiskey '' was making us drowsy . We hunted up Johnny , still at his faro game ; but he positively and impatiently declined to accompany us . He said he was ahead -- or behind -- I forget which . I notice both conditions have the same effect of keeping a man from quitting .