noon
Thurston asked . `` The horses are all out . '' `` Yep . They 'll stay out , too , till noon , m ` son . We hike to bed , if anybody should ask yuh . '' So it was not till after dinner that he rode back to the great herd -- with his Kodak in his pocket -- to find the cattle split up into several bunches . The riders at once went to work separating the different brands .