noon
When it was over there was applause . Then a young man , the superintendent of a Sunday-school beyond the mountains , made a brief address . After this there was more singing , and so the morning passed . At noon it was announced from the platform that , as the singing contest was over and the award of the banner would not be made by the judges till the afternoon , lunch would now be served . Thereupon the audience rose to its feet and began to surge outward . There was much scrambling for baskets and hunts for suitable spots about the grounds for spreading table-cloths . Saunders , as had long been his custom , had prepared food for all who could be induced to accept his hospitality , and he now had his hands full directing his servants and inviting friends to join him .