noon
I knew something else would come along to spoil all my fun ! '' `` No use trying to sleep in this bedlam , '' cried Captain McKay springing to his feet . `` Saddle up . I want to make the Ten-Mile cross-trail before noon . We 'll find two men waiting there for orders . Professor , can you get under way at once ? '' `` Of course we can , '' answered Tad for the professor .