midnight
Or was it a joke ? That is what the boy ranchers asked themselves more than once . Contrary to their half-formed expectations , the night passed quietly . There was no disturbance among the cattle , and no midnight visitors invaded the camp . But , for all this , the slumbers of our heroes were not easy . Perhaps they had premonitions of coming disaster . For disaster came , with the return , early on the morning of the next day , of Snake and Yellin ' Kid .