noon
`` When I get to New York , I 'll have to take a trip to Coney Island , or some other ocean beach . '' The boat Nat was on carried more freight than passengers , and made half a dozen landings before Buffalo was reached . But the boy thought the craft one of the best on the lake , and wandered over her from end to end with great interest . At noon he purchased a light lunch , and at supper time a sandwich and a glass of milk . `` They charge pretty stiff prices on a boat , '' he thought , after paying over his money . `` I 've got to live cheaper after this , or I 'll be a beggar before I settle down and find something to do . '' It was dark when Buffalo was reached , and here Nat was more bewildered than he had been on arriving at Cleveland .