midnight
They had also tried their hand at baking some cake , but this was a little burned . Yet the boys ate it and declared it was all right . At home it might have been different , but when one is out in the woods , and doing one 's own cooking -- well , there is no use in finding fault , that 's all . Whopper and Tommy listened with interest to what the others had to tell about the Spink crowd and about the midnight visitor . They laughed heartily over what had been done to the rowboat , and were serious over the loss of Shep 's watch . `` I 'd be afraid to meet that wild man , '' said Tommy . `` Why , there is no telling what he would do if he was cornered . ''