noon
There were buckets and lanterns and iron bars to put over the windows , and stove-pipe for the kitchen stove . Then , too , there was a grand old crane for the fireplace and the frame for a wire screen to keep the flying brands on the hearth . Not a thing that would be needed had been forgotten . It was a weary crowd of fellows that came slowly along the trail at noon with the last load of boards , hung on the sides of Peanuts ' saddle , the nails and hardware , packed in heavy canvas bags , loaded on Tuberculosis . The aerial bunk was all completed before dinner time , except thatching it with balsam boughs , and all hands would help at that after the noon meal . Mr. Allen prepared the meal , and it was a real camp dinner . Could fellows ever have been so hungry before ?