about noon
It 's up to you now ! '' Then , like a destroying horde of locusts , they gutted the office and the store , smashing what they could not carry to the fire . The dwellings and saloons they did not disturb . Finally , about noon , they kicked their two prisoners into the river , and took their way stragglingly back along the right-of-way . `` I surmise we took that town apart SOME ! '' remarked Shorty with satisfaction . `` I should rise to remark , '' replied Kerlie .