about midnight
Steel Spring is to be at Dan 's , and will introduce us to the company as men afraid to look upon the face of a ` Trap , ' and ` on the square . ' '' `` I 'll be with you before you start , and during the day I 'll send two disguises to the store which will be hard to rival in point of ugliness . Good by for the present , and do n't forget to examine and clean your revolvers , for we may need them . '' At about midnight we donned our disguises , and then surveyed each other with attention . Fred had a close-cropped wig of a fiery red color , which nearly covered his forehead , and made him look like a prize-fighter after a hard battle . On his nose was stuck an immense piece of adhesive plaster , which rather detracted from his personal beauty ; and to complete the adornment of his person , there were other strips of the same material on his face , which , by the way , was slightly smeared with dirt to give him a healthy color so that the company which we were about to seek should not accuse us of aristocracy in being too clean . I also had on a wig , but it was one of the _ fussy _ kind , and made my head look as though guiltless of a comb or brush for many months .