midnight
`` You ai n't going to let the train run over him , are you ? '' she asked . `` Lor ' , child , I ai n't a ` sassinator ! No ; we 'll wait till the midnight freight comes along , an ' when it stops fer water , we 'll h ` ist Mr. Stubbins into one of them empty cars . The train goes ` way out West somewheres , an ' by the time Mr. Stubbins wakes up , he 'll be so far away from home he wo n't have no money to git back . '' `` What 'll Miss Hazy say ? '' asked Mary , giggling in nervous excitement .