about nine o'clock
I judged the type-written part to have been left by the Chinese . But who had scribbled the other was a dark-brown mystery . At any rate , I concluded that to-night would probably be the crucial time , and determined to get in ahead of every one else . The storm was a piece of good fortune to me , as it concealed things so well , and about nine o'clock I was on the spot , proceeding to dig down by the old log . Pretty soon I realized , though , that there was some one else around . And just as I 'd unearthed the bag , which _ had _ been mysteriously returned to its hiding-place , you appeared out of somewhere , young man , fell on me like a thousand of bricks , and we had a grand old tussle . I 'll give you credit for being _ some _ wrestler , but I was getting the best of it , when along came you others with that terrible beast and did the business for me !