12:30
`` Just about . It 's noon . '' Balaam snapped his watch shut . `` We 'll rest here till 12:30 . '' When it was time to go , the Virginian looked musingly at the mountains . `` We 'll need to travel right smart to get through the canyon to-night , '' he said . `` Tell you what , '' said Balaam ; `` we 'll rope the Judge 's horses together and drive 'em in front of us .