midnight
I 've got the fellow Beaton turned over to me . '' `` Well , he 's the man ; the dead one is n't . '' `` How do you know ? '' `` Because Frederick Cavendish bought and signed a round-trip ticket to Los Angeles , and boarded the midnight train . My man reported that to me , and Beaton just had time to catch the same train before it pulled out . Is n't that true , Ned ? '' `` Yes , it is , and I never left him . ''