noon
We are minus a chimney on this insinuator , but we are bettin ' on you and the reindeers just the same , to slip one over on us and come shinnin ' down a cocoanut-tree with your pack . Never mind the trimmin 's and holly , just bring plenty of cut plug and dry matches . '' And so the day worn on . Toward noon the storm broke ; runners announced the approach of the sultan , and Lewis was far from calm when he gave the order to admit him to camp . `` Piang , '' he said , `` there is the deuce to pay , I know , but you stick by your uncle , and we will pull through . '' No insignificant nigger greeted Lewis this time . The sultan had come in state .