midnight
Then I stopped and listened . He had raised his face to the stars and was praying . `` O Father , '' he asked , as if speaking to someone with whom he walked in the cool of the midnight , `` help the weak on whom the strong prey . '' Then he went into the dark door of the little chapel and left me out in the cold midnight alone . The fear was gone , and comforted I went back through my budding garden and arrived at the front door just as old Mr. Pate , the telegraph operator at the little station down the street , turned in at the gate . `` Miss Charlotte , '' he puffed , as he fairly flung the telegram at me , `` this come fer you at ten o'clock and I risked it and run up here with it after I heard them ottermobiles go by . I 'm courting Mrs. Jennie Hicks myself and I understands about courtings . ''