midnight
repeated my islander , with a slow stare . ` Well I suppose they are , after their fashion ; I do n't know much about them . In my opinion , they are a shiftless set , those French half-breeds round the point . ' ` The buildings of the United States Indian Agency on the island of Mackinac were destroyed by fire December 31 , at midnight . ' -- WESTERN NEWSPAPER ITEM . The old house is gone then ! But it shall not depart into oblivion unchronicled .