midnight
-LSB- Illustration : THE BEEZLING BEAR . -RSB- After our efforts cooking beans and the fracas with the `` beezling bear , '' it must have been eleven o'clock or past , before we lay down in the bunk . The wind was still roaring fearfully , and the fine snow sifting down through the roof on our faces . In fact , the gale increased till past midnight . Addison said that he would sit by the stove and keep fire . Tom , Halse and I lay as snug as we could in the bunk , with our feet to the stove and presently fell asleep . But soon a loud _ crack _ waked us , so harsh , so thrilling , that we started up .