about noon
Eh , Mark ? '' `` Wal ! I do n't think we can , ole boss , '' replied Redwood . `` They passed hyur yesterday , jest about noon -- that is the thick o ' the drove passed then . '' `` How do you tell that ? '' inquired several . `` Oh , that 's easy made out , '' replied the guide , evidently regarding the question as a very simple one ; `` you see most o ' these hyur tracks is a day old , an ' yet thur not two . ''