Midnight
`` Oh , Jim ! '' she said , from time to time -- `` oh , Jim ! '' With a new supply of boiling water , constantly heated on her stove , she kept the steaming concoction fresh and hot . Midnight came . The New Year was blown across those mighty peaks in storm and fury . Presently out of the howling gale came the sound of half a dozen shots , and then of a fusillade . But Jim , if he heard them , did not guess the all they meant to him .