midnight
But I look for you back , Ryan , not later than Friday midnight . Take no unnecessary risk ; this is more important than you know . '' Nolan 's crisp tone of authority remained with Casey mile upon mile . And such was the Casey Ryan driving that midnight found him coasting into Bill Masters ' garage in Lund with the motor shut off and a grin on the Casey Ryan face . Mack Nolan had just crawled into his bunk on Wednesday night when he thought he heard a car laboring up the gulch . He sat up in bed to listen and then got hurriedly into his clothes . He was standing just around the corner of the dugout where the headlights could not reach him , when Casey killed the engine and stopped before the door .