midnight
`` We heard the racket an ' we -- we thought something was wrong , an ' we -- we came in to see -- '' `` That 's all right , '' sez I , `` I 'm the new foreman . You do n't need to put your hands up every time we meet , but I want you to understand right now that I do n't want those cows pestered any more . This outfit is going to run smoother from this on , an ' as soon as the cook feels better he is going to cook my supper . I 'll see that there is plenty o ' coffee for your midnight lunch , an ' I want you to enjoy yourselves -- but I do n't stand for no nonsense . '' I made a motion with my eye an ' they rode back to the herd , an ' by that time the lantern had arrived , an ' I poked around in the cook 's belongings an ' confiscated two shootin ' irons an ' a wicked Mexican knife . Then I threw a bucket o ' water in his face an ' he came out of it . `` How do you feel ? ''