midnight
Yer the orneriest ostrich fur a man of yer keerful eddication ! Did you hear thet Boston banker what bought the Cracker-jack from us a-hollerin ' ? He kept so shet about it , I 'll bet , thet you could n't a-blasted it outer him . '' They argued along until after midnight , but Jim carried his point ; and two weeks later Thorn was in Denver , saying good-by to Kate , and listening to her whisper , `` But it wo n't be for long , as you 'll soon be able to leave business and come back East , '' and to Castle yelling from the rear platform to `` Push the Infant and get her sizzling . '' Later , as Jim and Thorn walked back to the hotel , the old scoundrel turned to his partner with a grin and said : `` I hev removed the insides from the Infunt and stored 'em fur future ref ` rence . Meanin ' , in course , '' he added , as Thorn gaped up at him like a chicken with the pip , `` the ` lectro-platin ' outfit . P ` r ` aps it would be better to take a leetle pasear now , but later we can come back and find another orphant infunt and christen her the Phoenix , which is Greek fur sold agin . ''