noon
`` I 'm off for the clippers . When I come back I 'll be the sweetest little Willie in the diggin 's . So long . '' Bos 'n and the captain sat down to the dinner at noon alone . Mr. Smith had not returned from his trip to the barber 's . He came in , however , just before the meal was over , still in an unshorn condition , somewhat flushed and very loquacious . `` Say ! ''