midnight
It was the Molick crowd , I 'll wager a hat ! '' He hurried on with the others . Dawn was breaking rapidly now . It seemed scarcely more than a few minutes since Dave saw that glow in the midnight sky , yet it was several hours . But so crowded had they been with work and worry that it seemed hardly more than one -- or , at most , a few minutes . The figure ahead was riding desperately to escape . `` He 's got a good horse critter , '' observed Pete , admiringly .