noon
Noonin ' I 'll leave you get the grub , whilst I seek him . Go ` long , just 's if nothin ' was different an ' I 'll help you . '' Dorothy had made sundry `` starts '' already , but had feared to go all alone . If Jim would only go with her and knew the way it would be all right , but the day seemed interminable ; and when her friend disappeared at noon she was so frightened that she retreated to her barn bedroom and shut the door upon herself . She could not lock it , for its one fastening was on the outside ; but she called Tiger to come inside with her and felt a sort of protection in his company , sharing her chunk of brown bread with him , even giving him by far the larger portion . Then Jim came back and , missing her , guessed where to find her . `` Open the door a minute .