noon
I told Pike where I was going , though the next moment I saw from the look on his face that I should not have done so . Still , I could not see what harm he could do with his bruises and broken leg . I left food and water where he could reach them , and started out , walking beside Kaiser and helping him drag the load . It was just noon when I got off . We went to the station and started down the track . It was impossible to see more than a few rods , but the wind , which all along had been in the northeast , had now shifted to the northwest , so it was partly in my back . It was both snowing and blowing , and we waded through the damp , heavy , new snow , and slipped and stumbled over the old drifts .