midnight
Why did n't you call me first , Dick ? '' `` I raised the alarm as soon as I could wake myself up , '' was the answer . `` But I guess we were all sleeping pretty sound . '' While Snake was frying the bacon and making the coffee , some of the others cast about the camp in a circle , seeking some clew to the midnight visitor . But nothing could be found that shed any light on the mystery . It was evident that the man , whoever he was , had ridden to the camp , had picketed his horse out some distance and then had sneaked in among the prostrate , sleeping figures . Evidently his object was merely to leave the warning , and not to rob or commit some more serious crime .