two o'clock
From what the colonel could gather , that particular line fence dispute had been in litigation for twenty years , had cost several lives , and had resulted in a feud that involved a whole township . The testimony was about concluded when the colonel entered , and the lawyers began their arguments . The feeling between the litigants seemed to have affected their attorneys , and the court more than once found it necessary to call counsel to order . The trial was finished , however , without bloodshed ; the case went to the jury , and court was adjourned until two o'clock . The colonel had never met Fetters , nor had he seen anyone in the court room who seemed likely to be the man . But he had seen his name freshly written on the hotel register , and he would doubtless go there for dinner . There would be ample time to get acquainted and transact his business before court reassembled for the afternoon .