about midnight
`` Lonesomeville -- about four miles south , '' said Higgins . `` Do the night trains stop there ? '' `` I guess you can flag 'em . '' `` There 's an east-bound train from St. Louis about midnight , I 'm quite sure . '' While the fugitives were enjoying Mrs. Higgins 's hastily but adorably prepared meal , the details of the second stage of the flight were perfected . Mr. Higgins gladly consented to hitch up his high-boarded farm wagon and drive them to the station on the Wabash line , and half an hour later Higgins 's wagon clattered away in the night . To all appearances he was the only passenger .