noon
We shall take care of you . '' `` But Senor Bell and the senoritas ? '' `` We will take care of them , too , '' was the grim response . It was not till the next day , at noon , that the three desert hawks left the hotel , long after the departure of the Bell party . They rode slowly in the opposite direction to that in which the other party had gone , till they had gotten out of sight of the little town . Then , taking advantage of every dip and rise in the surface of the plain , they retraced their steps and soon were riding on the track of the Bell outfit . `` Whar wa'ar you all ther forenoon ? ''