two hours after midnight
That enterprisin ' Greaser is jest about killin ' my beef an ' sellin ' it to the entire plaza . Not only does this ghost play opp ` rate to stampede the cattle an ' set 'em runnin ' cimmaron an ' locoed so they 'll chase over the cliffs to their ends , but it serves to scare my cow-punchers off the range , which last , ondoubted , this Miguel looks on as a deesideratum . However , it 's goin ' to be good an ' dark to-night , an ' if we-all has half luck I reckons that we fixes him . ' `` It 's full two hours after midnight an ' while thar 's stars overhead thar 's no moon ; along the top of the _ mesa _ it 's as dark as the inside of a jug . Peets an ' Enright is Injunin ' about on the prowl for the ghost . They do n't much reckon it 'll be abroad , as mebby the plaza has beef enough . '' ` However , by to-morry night , ' says Enright in a whisper , ` or at the worst , by the night after , we 're shore to meet up with this marauder . ' ''