midnight
Then replacing the box beneath the shavings he went quietly out at the front door and walked again in the streets . The idea that he thought might put an end to all of his unhappiness was very simple . `` I will get out of here , run away from home , '' he told himself . He knew that a local freight train passed through Winesburg at midnight and went on to Cleveland , where it arrived at dawn . He would steal a ride on the local and when he got to Cleveland would lose himself in the crowds there . He would get work in some shop and become friends with the other workmen and would be indistinguishable . Then he could talk and laugh .