midnight sharp
But Bucky in Flagstaff , nearly three hundred miles from the battlefield , so far as the present emergency went , might just as well be in Calcutta . Collins wired instructions to the ranger and sent a third message to the lieutenant . `` I expect I 'll hear this time he 's skipped over to Winslow , '' he told himself , with a rueful grin . The special with the posse on board drew out at midnight sharp . It reached the scene of the holdup before daybreak . The loading board was lowered and the horses led from the car and picketed . Meanwhile two of the men lit a fire and made breakfast while the others unloaded the outfit and packed for the trail .