midnight
`` I stumbled onto Bill Brophy 's gang last night . Bill has seven o ' the lowest grade wolves ` at ever wore man-hide -- I -- I used to know Bill down in the Territory , an ' Bill he thought I was still on the grab . He put me on . I 'm supposed to be at the pony corral at midnight to turn the ponies loose an ' bottle up the house gang in their shack . Brophy 's bad medicine ; you 'd better pass up your eight-year-old lady friend an ' come on back to the Lion Head with ol' Monody . '' I walked up an ' down a time or two , thinkin ' it over . `` We can ride right into the ravine ` at leads to the pony corral from here , '' sez I. `` It 's a good average four hours ' ride .