noon
He read a long list of rules , numbered from one up to eighteen . Before he finished his rules , a little boy laughed , and caught a whipping . Before noon half a dozen were hauled up . There was a council of war at noon among the big boys , who , having had their own way , were determined to keep it . They agreed to give Mr. Thrasher a pitched battle . They had it in the afternoon ; a half-dozen pounced upon the master at once , and after a short struggle put him out doors . They gave a grand hurrah , and pelted him with snowballs , and drove him up the street .