noon
Miles from camp and no horses ! Kitty stalked into the road and started to walk , holding her head high and swinging her arms as though _ she _ did n't mind a little matter of five or six miles . Blue Bonnet , with the training of a lifetime , stopped to put up the bars before setting out on the long tramp . It was already noon and the sun glared down , unbearably hot . Before she had gone a mile Blue Bonnet looked about for a mesquite bush , and finding one sank down in its shade . Kitty kept doggedly on . `` Oh , Kitty ! ''