midnight
`` We did not swindle you , Baxter . The claim was lawfully mine . '' `` I ca n't stop to argue the question , and I do n't want you to talk so loud , remember that . No , do n't try to get up , '' went on the midnight visitor , as Anderson Rover attempted to rise . `` Stay just where you are . '' He was feeling in his pocket , and now he brought forth a strip of cloth , with a knot tied in the middle . It was a gag , and he started to place it in Anderson Rover 's mouth , when the latter leaped up and began to struggle with all the force he could command .