midnight
If he do n't get it passed to him hot off the bat when he tackles 'em , then I 'm a sucker . You need n't worry , marm . He 'll have plenty of time to ` tend to his garden sass this summer . '' It was midnight when Cap'n Sproul returned to an anxious and waiting wife . He was flushed and hot and hoarse , but the gleam in his eye was no longer that of offended pride and ireful resolve . There was triumph in his glance . `` If there 's a bunch of yaller dogs think they can put me out of office in this town they 'll find they 're tryin ' to gnaw the wrong bone , '' he declared hotly .