one o'clock
At the same time Steve chose to encourage him for reasons of his own . With Bandy-legs hesitating , if only he could get Toby to support his suggestion , there was a pretty good chance that conservative Max would give in to superior numbers . So Steve commenced to handle his little camera , which he had slung over his shoulder with a stout strap . `` The sun do n't shine , but it 's pretty light right now at one o'clock , '' he went on to say , meaningly ; `` and I 'm dead sure I could pick up some dandy pictures of the river , and also of poor old Carson , flood-bound . Bandy-legs , how about you ; wo n't you come along with Toby and me out on the bridge ? '' The appeal proved to be the finishing stroke , since Bandy-legs had been balancing on the fence . `` All right , Steve , count on me ; and , Max , say you 'll go along too , if all the rest of us do , '' he hastened to say .