about midnight
Well , to make a long story short , that was prob ` ly him up yander on the ole Injin trace , with his hosses , waitin ' fer the time to come when they could be off . Her ma must have found out about their plans , 'cause she come here herself with two of her hired men an ' old Cap'n Scott , a friend of the fam ` ly , an ' took her daughter right out from under Barry 's nose . It was them you heared down here last night . I will say this fer the girl , she kinder made up her mind ` long about midnight that it was a foolish thing to do , runnin ' off like this with Barry , an ' like as not when the time come she 'd have backed out . '' `` She 's a mighty headstrong girl , '' said Eliza . `` Sot in her ways an ' sp ` iled a good deal by goin ' to school down to St. Louis . '' `` Her mother do n't want her to marry Lapelle .