noon
The forest woman with her mules had already started and was now some distance in the lead , with her pet bear shuffling along at the edge of the road abreast of the leading mule . `` Ye git nothin ' to eat to-day , Henry . I did n't bring ye up to brawl and to fit with yaller dogs , ye lazy lout , '' scolded Joe . When the party halted for its noon rest and luncheon , Henry sat morosely at one side of their camping place , now and then licking his chops , while Hindenburg , performing the same service for his wounds , occupied a position on the opposite side of the camp . Neither animal appeared to be aware of the other 's existence . `` Behold the forest , '' said Tom Gray later in the afternoon , halting his pony on a rise of ground , and encompassing a wide range of country with a sweep of his arm . It was an undulating sea of deep green , almost as limitless as the sky itself , that the Overland Riders gazed upon .