midnight
`` When are you goin ' back ? '' `` I 'm in hopes to get away this noon , an ' then I 'll be in camp by to-morrow mornin ' . '' `` Say , sonny , do you want to stuff me with the yarn that you 've travelled forty-five miles in less 'n thirty-six hours , an ' count on doin ' the same thing right over agin , which is ninety miles in less 'n three days ? '' `` I 've done the first half of the journey , an ' it could n't have been more 'n two hours past midnight when I got here . With such a lay-out as this for breakfast I 'll be in good shape for goin ' back ; an ' it would be a mighty poor boy who could n't get there between this noon an ' to-morrow mornin ' , 'cause I 'll go across the desert after dark , an ' it ai n't likely there 'll be another sand-storm . '' `` Well , look here , sonny , stand right there for a minute , will you , while I go out ? I wo n't be gone a great while , an ' you can finish up your breakfast . ''