midday
`` It will be hard climbing up the hills . '' `` But harder climbing to-morrow , '' put in Dave . `` Yes , to-morrow will test the horses , and test you , too , '' said Todd . It was very pleasant to rest in the shade after such a long ride in the sun , but the cowboy was anxious to reach a certain camping spot for the night , and so he allowed only three-quarters of an hour for the midday halt . As soon as they left the spring , the youths realized what was before them . The trail now led constantly upward , and was in parts stony and uncertain . In several places they had to leap brooks of fair size .