midnight
The farmer clenched a big hand . `` Sergeant , you that knows everything , will ye drive me mad -- an ' to -- with the State ! '' he said . `` Sure , it 's gospel I 'm telling ye , an ' , as you 're knowing well , it 's me could tell where the boys who ride at midnight drop many a keg . Well , if ye will have your reason , it was Courthorne who put the black shame on me an ' mine . '' Sergeant Stimson nodded , for he had already suspected this . `` Then , '' he said dryly , `` we 'll give you a chance of helping us to put the handcuffs on him .