midnight
`` Never mind , ma , '' he said , his breath coming short ; `` we ai n't got no money to buy the medicine , even if the doctor did come . You go git some supper , now ; an ' , ma , do n't worry ; I 'm goin ' to take keer of you all ! Only -- only , '' he added , wearily , `` I guess I ca n't sleep in the wagon to-night . '' Slowly the hours passed until midnight . Mrs. Wiggs had pulled Jim 's cot close to the stove , and applied vigorous measures to relieve him . Her efforts were unceasing , and one after another the homely country remedies were faithfully administered . At twelve o'clock he grew restless .