midday
`` It 's from an unknown enemy -- another warning ! '' And , as Bud held up the board , Nort and Dick could read , scrawled on it , evidently with a fire-blackened stick , the words : `` Warning No. 2 . When will you quit ? '' `` Guess that must be a joke , '' decided Nort , as he stepped gingerly from his cot , for it was cold in the mornings , though hot enough at midday . `` Likely Old Billee or Yellin ' Kid stuck it there , '' added the eastern lad , as he looked at the scrawled warning . `` Old Billee would n't do it , '' declared Bud . `` He 's gotten over his joking days .