midnight
`` You beat it along with your car . You can stop an ' do a little tradin ' when ye get to the next county . That 'll prove you was n't anywheer around if anythink should happen to-night . But be sure you git rid of the kid an ' start back so 's to git here by midnight . '' Apple and Chick-chick took up the trail with renewed confidence now that they felt they had only Jervice to reckon with . They had seen him at the scout camp last Sunday and had no great respect for his dimensions or prowess . It was late in the afternoon when first they saw the peddler 's car in the road ahead .