midnight
But luck 's ag ` in us ; Chicken Bill backs off with a white bean . '' ` When the third gent turns out a white bean the shadow begins to fall across Jim Willis an ' me . I looks at Jim ; an ' I gives it to you straight when I says that I ai n't at that time thinkin ' of myse ' f so much as about Jim . To see this yere deal , black as midnight , closin ' in on Jim , is what 's hurtin ' ; it do n't somehow occur to me I 'm likewise up ag ` in the iron my se ` f. '' ` `` Looks like this yere amiable deevice is out to run its brand onto one of us , `` says Jim to me ; an ' I looks at him . '' ` An ' then , as the fourth finds a white bean in the bag , an ' draws a deep sigh an ' stands back , Jim says : `` Well , Sam , it 's up to us . '' Then Jim looks at me keen an ' steady a whole lot , an ' the Mexicans , bein ' rather pleased with the situation , ai n't goadin ' of us to hurry up none . '' ` When it 's to Jim an ' me they selects me out as the one to pull for the next bean .