an hour after noon
You 'll have your jaws working right soon , now . And here 's a dandy little spring , right among the trees ! How shady and cool it looks , Thad . '' `` That 's why we kept on for an hour after noon , '' remarked the boy called Thad , and who seemed to be a person of some authority ; `` when all you scouts wanted to stop and rest . You see Davy , Allan here , and myself made a note of that same spring the other day , when we came along on horseback , spying out the lay of the land . '' `` Well , now , '' remarked the boy called Davy , as he threw himself down to stretch ; `` that 's what our instruction book says , -- a true scout always has his eyes and ears open to see and hear everything . The more things you can remember in a store window , after only a minute to look , the further up you are , see ? ''