noon
It will be some stunt picture , and no mistake ! '' He wanted to look around the place , however , before riding back , and the girls dismounted too . The bottom of the canyon was a smooth lawn -- the grass still green . For although the tang of winter was now in the air even at noon , the weather had been remarkably pleasant . Only on the distant heights had the snow fallen , and not much there . There was a silvery stream wandering through the meadow over which the girls walked . By one pool was a shallow bit of beach , and Ruth , coming upon this alone , suddenly cried out : `` Oh , Helen !