midnight
Mrs. Wilford trembled when she learned that the robbers had been armed with pistols . Many laughed as they , listened to the account of the choking operation in the cabin , and everybody was satisfied with the result . Lawry and Ethan were too much excited to sleep that night , though they turned in at ten o'clock . At midnight the fireman on duty called them , and the steamer soon started for Whitehall with Mr. Sherwood and his gold , where she arrived in season for the morning train . As the party did not start till nine o'clock , the exhausted pilot and engineer obtained a couple of hours ' sleep , while the steamer lay at the wharf , which enabled them to get through the day without sinking under its fatigues . The following day was Sunday ; and though Lawry and Ethan went to church in the forenoon , as both of them were in the habit of doing , the day was literally a day of rest to them , and there was a great deal of `` tall sleeping '' done . On Monday morning , at six o'clock , the boat went to Ticonderoga , arriving in good season to keep her engagement .