midnight
En bimeby she died , en he tuck en toted her way out dah in de prairie en buried her . Well , she had a golden arm -- all solid gold , fum de shoulder down . He wuz pow ` ful mean -- pow ` ful ; en dat night he could n't sleep , caze he want dat golden arm so bad . When it come midnight he could n't stan ' it no mo ' ; so he git up , he did , en tuck his lantern en shoved out thoo de storm en dug her up en got de golden arm ; en he bent his head down ` gin de win ' , en plowed en plowed en plowed thoo de snow . Den all on a sudden he stop -LRB- make a considerable pause here , and look startled , and take a listening attitude -RRB- en say : `` My _ lan ' _ , what 's dat ? '' En he listen -- en listen -- en de win ' say -LRB- set your teeth together and imitate the wailing and wheezing singsong of the wind -RRB- , `` Bzzz-z-zzz '' -- en den , way back yonder whah de grave is , he hear a _ voice _ ! -- he hear a voice all mix ' up in de win ' -- ca n't hardly tell 'em ` part -- `` Bzzz -- zzz -- W-h-o -- g-o-t -- m-y -- g-o-l-d-e-n _ arm ?