midnight
Them blamed soldiers are a moosin ' ` bout every whar , an ' if she onct got talkin ' , our goose wud be cooked . Furst thing we got ter do is git her outer this camp . '' `` Ternight , yer sed ? '' '' ` Bout midnight ; yer 'll go ' -- hey ? '' `` I reckon ; yer got the money ? '' With his eyes fastened on the two men eating , he counted out some gold pieces on the bar and shoved them over to me , keeping them under cover of his hand . `` Thar 's half o ' it , an ' the rest is yers when ye bring back the hosses . ''