noon
Both the wanderers were fed and put to bed and told to sleep , before they tried to tell their story . The day was warm and clear and Na-che and Jonas prepared breakfast outside , serving it on the rough table , under the cottonwoods . Enoch and Agnew , washed and shaved , were new men , though still weak , Enoch , particularly , being muscle sore and weary . Harden and Forrester woke for more food , at noon , then slept again . Milton dozed and woke , drank feverishly of the water brought from the spring near the cabin , and gazed with a look of complete satisfaction on the unshaved dirty faces in the bunks across the room . Agnew and Curly played poker all day long . Jonas and Na-che found endless small tasks around the camp that required long consultations between them and much laughter .