noon
This programme was carried out , beginning immediately . Not a trace , however , did she find of the lost trail . While awaiting her arrival the others of the party walked back and forth along the edge of the thick growth , but with no better results than had attended the search made by Harriet Burrell . At noon they stopped for luncheon , then followed the same method as had Harriet , moving east and west , ever enlarging their field as the growth increased in area . Night found them far up on the mountainside still facing the mystery of the disappearance of the guide , whom the girls earlier had named `` The Pilot of the White Mountains . '' He was no longer a pilot , but in need of one . It was not a particularly cheerful party of girls that sat down to a supper of rice , corn cakes and coffee that evening .