noon
I think we kin stand it as long as their powder kin . But I 'm gittin ' hungry agin . Let 's have somethin' to eat . '' `` Good gracious , it is noon , '' answered Si , looking up at the sun . `` I believe I do want some dinner . '' They had scarcely finished dinner-eating when the 200th Ind. was ordered to move over toward Stone River . It halted on a little rise of ground on the bank , which commanded an extensive view on both sides of the river .