noon
Besides , who could get angry when engaged in such a glorious outing as that upon which they were now fully embarked ? Certainly not the even-tempered Bobolink . From time to time the boys recognized various spots where certain incidents had happened to them when on their never-to-be-forgotten motor boat cruise of the preceding summer . It was well on towards noon when they finally reached the place where the old connecting canal joined the Radway river . It happened , fortunately for the plans of the scouts , that both streams were rather high at the setting in of winter , which accounted for an abundance of ice along the connecting link . `` Looky there , Paul . Could you find a better place for a fire than in that cove back of the point ? ''