noon
`` I never have , but would like to try the dish , '' remarked Frank . `` Up in Maine the trappers told me they were fine in winter weather . '' Will said not a word , but his lip curled , as though nothing could tempt him to even take a taste of such a queer dish . It was high noon when they arrived at the shack of the old trapper , and all of the boys felt sharp pressed with hunger . `` I hope he 's got something else besides muskrat -- ugh ! '' said Jerry to Will . `` I saw part of a deer hanging up before we left here , '' replied the other .