midnight
I did n't know what sufferedges was at first , but I knew what my boss was out after -- it was votes , and he was liable to get 'em . From that time on the boss was busier than he had been before . He got better acquainted over on the west side of our ward . Sometimes he would n't get back till midnight , but he always come home under his own steam . In his office I saw all sorts of people . He seemed to take to this alderman business natural . Anyways he was a hard man to buck in any kind of a game .