midnight
But for the fact that they were in a hurry to reach Crabtree , they would have remained in the city as their guests for at least a week . As it was , they spent another day there , and had a royal good time . Then they took leave of their newfound friends , boarded the train for Texas , and were soon whirling westward . It was a long ride from the Crescent City to Crabtree , for that place was way down on the western side of the State , and it was late in the night when they reached there ; in fact , long past midnight . Fred had wired to the clerk of the hotel for him to reserve comfortable quarters for them , and when he arrived he found that the best rooms in the house had been assigned to them . When they appeared in the breakfast room the next morning at quite a late hour for that meal , all the ladies stopping at the hotel were on the lookout for them . Those of them who knew Evelyn rushed into her arms .