about midnight
At last we brought the horse blankets from the scoot and put them over the suffering creatures to protect them from the storm . In their efforts to get up , however , the animals thrashed about constantly , and the blankets did not shelter them much . We had no idea where the horses were that had run away . At last , about midnight , we set off afoot up the trail to the nearest lumber camp . Asa led the way with the lantern , and old Tommy followed behind us with his precious traps . The camp was nearly six miles away ; it proved a hard , dismal tramp , for now the snow was seven or eight inches deep . We reached the camp between two and three o'clock in the morning , and roused Andrews , the foreman , and his crew of loggers .