about midnight
In fact , that was about the only route we could take . Well , it was a successful trip , and as this man was plum white , anyhow , he concluded to show us the sights around his burg . He was interested in a commission firm out at the stockyards , and the night we reached there all the office men , including the old man himself , turned themselves loose to show us a good time . `` We had been drinking alkali water all summer , and along about midnight they began to drop out until there was no one left to face the music except a little cattle salesman and myself . After all the others quit us , we went into a feed trough on a back street , and had a good supper . I had been drinking everything like a good fellow , and at several places there was no salt to put in the beer . The idea struck me that I would buy a sack of salt from this eating ranch and take it with me .