Fortunately it was a clear, bright day after foggy weather.

Solomon had refused to go with Jack for fear of being in the way.
"I want to see her an' her folks but I reckon ye'll have yer hands full to-day," he remarked.

"Ye don't need no scout on that kind o' reconnoiterin'.

You go on ahead an' git through with yer smackin an' bym-by I'll straggle in." Precisely at four thirty-five Jack presented himself at the lodgings of his distinguished friend.

He has said in a letter, when his dramatic adventures were all behind him, that this was the most thrilling moment he had known.