midnight
He would go as far from the old life as deserts and mountains would put him . So he came to Gold City . With a diligence far more systematic than the others , he had washed the gold from Frost Creek and off Mormon Bar . Other men lost all they found in daylight over the gaming table at midnight . He never gambled . All the others who succeeded went below to the great city or back to the States to enjoy their gains . He cared naught for the city , he hated the States ; he never went .