midnight
That polite young man touched his cap again , promised that he would return without fail , and then went _ chip-chipping _ away toward home , for it was already his bedtime . For all he was still hungry , Rusty Wren slept better that night than he had for a long while . He felt as if a great load had been lifted off his shoulders . He slept so soundly , in fact , that he never waked up all when Fatty Coon and Tommy Fox came at midnight to view his sign , `` Boy Wanted . '' They made a good deal of noise , too , grumbling not a little because there was not the least sign of a sign anywhere they looked . As soon as he had engaged Chippy , Jr. , to work for him , Rusty Wren had taken down the sign , `` Boy Wanted . '' And so all further callers were bound to be disappointed .