noon
At one place where they had gone but a short distance from the last kitchen destroyed , suddenly one of the little dogs obstinately turned back and rushed to a spot where even the most experienced Indian had not the slightest suspicion of anything being , until the keen instinct of the dog discovered it . Following up the little fellow to the spot where he was now barking most furiously , the men had not dug long in the snow before they found the most cunningly hid away kitchen on the whole pond . So large was it , and so well arranged as the breathing place of a large number of beavers , that the hunters declared that if they had let that single one escape them they would have completely failed when they made their attack upon the beaver house . This sharpness on the part of the little dog made the men the more careful , and so it was noon ere the end of the pond was reached and about half of this work was completed . Dinner was ready for all when they returned to the camp . The boys were hungry and the cold had helped to sharpen their appetites . `` How is it ? ''