nearly one o'clock
After the count was over , Flood made a great ado over my guest and gave him the glad hand as if he had been a long-lost brother . We were a trifle short-handed the second day , and on my guest volunteering to help , I assigned him to Runt Pickett 's place at the fire , where he shortly developed a healthy sweat . As we did not have a large bunch of beeves to brand that day , the wagon did not come over and we branded them at a single shift . It was nearly one o'clock when we finished , and instead of going in to Los Lobos , we left the third guard , Wayne Outcault , `` Dorg '' Seay , and Owen Ubery , to graze the cattle over to our camp . The remainder of the afternoon was spent in idleness and in the entertainment of our guest . Official-like , he pretended he could hardly spare the time to remain another night , but was finally prevailed on and did so . After dark , I took him some distance from camp , and the two of us had a confidential chat .