About eleven o'clock
More than once the murderer had escaped , while the thief was pursued relentlessly . All this made Hogan 's position a perilous one . If he had been long enough in the country to understand the feeling of the people , he would not have ventured to steal the nugget . About eleven o'clock Hogan sat down to rest . He reclined on the greensward near the edge of a precipitous descent . He did not dream that danger was so close till he heard his name called and two men came running toward him . Hogan , starting to his feet in dismay , recognized Crane and Peabody , two of his late comrades .