Sentence:  We fights for ten minutes or so, and then I hits him a round blow on the ear, and he falls down on the hard, and couldn't <WSD>come to time</WSD>. No wonder, poor fellow ! for he had gone to eternity. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To come forward in order to resume the contest when the interval allowed for rest is over and "time" is called