about midnight
His worst fault was his bar-room astronomy . If there was any one thing that he shone in , it was rustling coffin varnish during the early prohibition days along the Kansas border . His patronage was limited only by his income , coupled with what credit he enjoyed . Once , about midnight , he tried to arouse a drug clerk who slept in the store , and as he had worked this racket before , he coppered the play to repeat . So he tapped gently on the window at the rear where the clerk slept , calling him by name . This he repeated any number of times . Finally , he threatened to have a fit ; even this did not work to his advantage .