MIDNIGHT
ROSALIE , CHARLEY , AND THE MAN THE WIDOW PLOMONDON JILTED XV . THE MARK IN THE PAPER XVI . MADAME DAUPHIN HAS A MISSION XVII . THE TAILOR MAKES A MIDNIGHT FORAY XVIII . THE STEALING OF THE CROSS Jo Portugtais was breaking the law of the river -- he was running a little raft down the stream at night , instead of tying up at sundown and camping on the shore , or sitting snugly over cooking-pot by the little wooden caboose on his raft . But defiance of custom and tradition was a habit with Jo Portugais .