noon
`` But should not your quartermaster be here ? '' asked the boy . `` He may come in to-morrow morning , '' answered the colonel . The next day dawned cloudy , and by noon a steady rain was falling . The boys hardly knew what to do , and , after watching a drill and some performances in the gymnasium , went back to the living quarters . They had hardly entered when there came a shout from the guard at the stockade . `` Captain Moore is coming , with the quartermaster ! ''