the midday sun
`` I wants to keep clear o ' them men whatever . '' It was a week later when they broke camp to return to The Jug , and when the visiting lads said good-bye and set sail to their homes across the Bay every one declared he had never had so good a time in all his life . With the coming of November the boats were hauled out of the water . The shores were already crusted with ice and the temperature never rose to the thawing point even in the midday sun . The mighty Frost King had ascended his throne and was asserting his relentless power . Presently all the world would be kneeling at his feet . Buckskin moccasins with heavy blanket duffle socks of wool took the place of sealskin boots .