noon
Now , when Weeks ' boy ran after my lad he left the barn door open . There was no one about the barn at the time the boys left . My man and I were at the further end of the ranch fixing the line fence . When we came up at noon we found the barn door open and that fine four-year-old colt of mine and a lot of hogs were all in the barn eating grain . They had torn every sack open and had eaten more than half of it . The colt had eaten so much as to make him bloat . When I saw it all I felt so mad I had to use some hot words .