noon
`` Well , the reason I asked was this : I would n't wonder but what Andy Lasher and his pals might plan to intercept our supplies , and do something mean to break up our fun , '' continued Will , earnestly . `` Whew ! I had n't thought of that , '' remarked Jerry , looking alarmed . `` I had , and I made an arrangement with old Uncle Toby to take Erastus along in the wagon up to the point where we are to meet him at noon . You know Erastus is the porter and watchman at the bank , and known to be a fighter . When they see him sitting there beside Toby those fellows will have business somewhere else , you mark me . He can come home on the late afternoon train , one of us taking him over to the little station on a motor-cycle .