three o'clock in the morning
asked Gideon Holt . The last words they heard from Big Bill as they moved down the draw were sulphuric . `` Macy he ai n't wearin ' any W. J. Bryan smile this glad mo ` nin ' , '' mused old Holt aloud . It was three o'clock in the morning by the watch when they started . About nine they threw off for breakfast . By this time they were just across the divide and were ready to take the down trail . `` I think we 'll let Dud go now , '' Elliot told his partner in the adventure .