nearly
noon
The shacks being completed , they chopped a quantity of firewood , using parts of fallen trees , wind wracked ruins that had dried and seasoned under the summer sun . This was stored away in one of the lean-tos . A balsam tree being found , quantities of the branches were cut to furnish beds for the three . The camp was now completed , and it being nearly noon , Dick departed into the woods to knock down a few squirrels for lunch . He was back in less than a half of an hour with three fat squirrels , and these skinned , impaled on a sharp stick , and wrapped with a slice or two of thickly cut bacon , were soon roasted over the red embers of the fire . `` Now , before we get down to business , who 's for a trip to the border line ? I want to see just how it feels to be in two countries at once , '' suggested Phil .