About noon
Archie raised himself slowly from the ground , and they moved off through the woods . The squirrels were very plenty ; but it required two or three , and , sometimes , as many as half a dozen shots , to bring one down . At length , after securing four squirrels , their shoulders became so lame that they could scarcely raise their guns ; so they concluded to give up shooting , and start in search of Woods and Simpson , who had gone off together . About noon they found them , sitting on the fence that ran between the woods and a road . Simpson had three squirrels in his hand . `` We are waiting for you , '' he said , as Frank and Archie came up ; `` it 's about time to start for the boat . '' `` I 'm hungry , '' said Frank ; `` why ca n't we go down to that house and hire some one to cook our squirrels for us ? ''