noon
Thinks I , ` Where 's that line gone to ? ' `` I stood there gaping , I could n't make head or tail of it . Then I see the little Crossman boy out in the yard , and I hollered to him -- ` Willy , ' says I , ` come here a minute . ' `` He come running over , and I asked him if he 'd seen anybody in our yard since noon . He said he had n't seen anybody but Mr. Basset . He saw him coming out of our yard tucking something under his coat . `` That put me on the track .