midnight
Doing one kind act brings the doer such a rich return that he does a second generous deed and soon he has the habit . The liberality of the traveling man does not consist wholly of courting the favor of his merchant friends -- he is free with them , but mainly because it is his nature ; it is for those from whom he never expects any return that he does the most . A friend of mine once told this story : `` It was on the train traveling into Lincoln , Nebraska , many years ago . It was near midnight . It was , I believe , my first trip on the road . Just in front of me , in a double seat , sat a poor woman with three young children . As the brakeman called ` Lincoln , the next station !