two in the morning
He did not believe that Ned would leave the deadly material there , to be used at will by the conspirators , so he was wondering now if the stuff had not been set off by his friends . After a hard walk of a mile or more the three came out to a little clearing in the jungle and saw a tent with screened openings . Standing in front of the tent , his face turned toward the approaching boys , was a man Jimmie had last seen in the Shaw residence in New York City . It was half-past two in the morning when Ned Nestor and his companions left the cottage in the jungle . A few fleecy clouds were now drifting over the sky , but , on the whole , the night was fairly clear . It was some distance to Gatun , where Ned hoped to secure a railroad motor for the Culebra trip , so the boys moved along at a swift pace . However , the party was not destined to reach Gatun as speedily as was anticipated .