Noon
The two Shannon boys were to be busy at some duties about the ranch during their cousin 's absence . `` Oh , I 'll be back by noon , '' was the answer . So Bud rode away , singing the Cowboy 's Lament , and idly flipping the end of his lariat . Noon came almost before Nort and Dick realized it , so busy were they , and when Fah Moo cried : `` Klum an ' glit it ! '' which was the signal for dinner , Nort exclaimed : `` Bud is n't back yet ! '' `` No , '' said Dick . `` Maybe he found the herd farther off than he counted on .