Midnight
Probably she was busy packing her trunk for the visit to Rochester ; at any rate , upon her return from the East , she joined the Congregationalists , where she sang regularly in the choir and soon made such an impression on the baritone that they found increasing comfort in each other 's company . Back to Deadwood Two days later Jim and Belle were again on the Deadwood trail . It seemed that each new chapter of their lives must begin on that trail . They were in a new buckboard , the gift of Pa Boyd , driving Midnight in harness . That same morning Charlie Bylow had left for Deadwood with his team and wagon . The latter was loaded with gifts from Cedar Mountain friends , some of them sufficiently absurd -- for example , framed chromos , a parrot cage , a home instructor in Spanish , and a self-rocking cradle -- but there was also a simple sufficiency of household furniture . The buckboard overtook the wagon in the morning and arrived at Deadwood by one o'clock .