noon
Eleven o'clock was the hour named to water the herd , and punctual to the moment the beeves , with a mile-wide front , were grazed up to the creek . The cattle were held around the pools for an hour . Before dinner was over , the acting foreman of the second herd rode in , and in mimicking a trail boss , issued some drastic orders . The second herd was within sight , refused to graze , and his wagon was pulling in below the ranch for the noon camp . Priest looked at his watch . `` Start the herd , '' said he to his own men . `` Hold a true northward course , and camp twelve miles out to-night .