midnight
`` You condemned jumper ! These are honest men , '' he said , pointing to those who followed him . `` We 'll go back and camp up yonder , boys . '' It was close on midnight when Seaforth crept up to Alton , who lay huddled against a cedar in the smoke of the fire . His face showed drawn and puckered in the flickering light . `` Do n't take it too hard , Harry , '' he said . Alton smothered a groan .