about nine o'clock
` That will get you there , Bob , ' I said , ` if you look sharp and do n't take risks and keep to the timber . ' We gave him the eleven dollars and what cartridges and matches we could spare , and what was left of the deer . I never saw a fellow so grateful ; he did n't say anything , but I saw his old grit come back to him . That was Monday night , and about nine o'clock we turned in . Before daylight I woke up to attend to the fire and saw he was gone . '' The men drew a deep breath . Keene and the actor looked blankly at each other .