midnight
He 'd told them everything , in fact , except the location . It developed that he had retained judgment enough to keep back even a hint of that ; and they were waiting for him there , -- he knew it and I knew it , -- waiting his return , waiting to learn the location , and to steal his claim before he could stake it himself . '' `` And still , feeling certain of that in your own mind , you paid him his price ! '' `` Every dollar of it -- before I took the midnight train West . I raised it after business hours , in a dozen different ways ; but I got it . I pooled for security everything I had in the world -- except Old Reliable ; I kept that free for a purpose , -- my house , my library , my stock in the traction company , some real estate I own . I had to give good measure because I had to have the money right then .