noon
I succeeded in placing these things in the wheelbarrow , back of the barn , without detection . Early in the morning Sim wheeled them down to the swamp . When I joined him after breakfast , I found he had waded through the water to the branch , and brought up the small raft , upon which he had loaded the stove and other articles . Before noon that day , the outside of the house was done , and the cook-stove put up . I went home to dinner as usual , that my absence might not be noticed . `` Where have you been all the forenoon ? '' demanded Captain Fishley , in the most uncompromising of tones .