midnight
`` An ' I rode hard ! But so did Buck Tooth , only you 'd hardly know it . He sure can make his cayuse cover th ' ground ! '' Indeed the Indian showed little signs of the hard riding he had accomplished between midnight and dawn . And when he and Yellin ' Kid were having a belated morning cup of coffee further details of the story were told . Who the robbers were , and how many there were in the gang that attempted to force the safe at Diamond X , were matters left to further enlightenment . Mr. Merkel had only seen one in his office , bending over the safe , and this one had fled at the command of `` hands up ! ''