midnight
`` Did you give your horse enough rope , John ? There is a good lot of grass close to the cañon wall . Quick as you finish your coffee , old man , roll in your blanket . We will rest till midnight when the moon comes up , eh , Billy ? '' DeWitt , finally convinced of the good sense and earnestness of his friends , obeyed . The cañon was still in darkness when Jack shook him into wakefulness but the mountain peak above was a glorious silver . Camp was broken quickly and in a short time Billy was leading the way up the wretched trail .