about midnight
I guess in time for late breakfast , '' answered Teddy grimly . `` Good night . '' In a few minutes the Circus Boys were sound asleep . They did not even awaken when , about midnight , a switch engine hooked to their car , and after racing them up and down the railroad yards a few times , coupled them to the rear of the passenger train that was to pull them to their next stand , some seventy-five miles away . A few minutes later and they were rolling away . The road was a crooked one and the car swayed dizzily , but they were too used to the sensation to be in the least disturbed by it . An hour or two had passed when , all at once , every man in the car was suddenly startled by a blood-curdling yell and a wild commotion somewhere in the darkness of the car .