noon
He knows too much English . Some of them words might strike him as bein ' too usual , and he 'd start to kill me , and spoil the whole thing . ` Munich ' and ` chivalry ' are snortin ' , but ` sun was low ' ai n't worth a damn . I guess -- '' He stopped guessing , for the noon recess at school came in his mind , like a picture , and with it certain old-time preliminaries to the game of tag . '' ` Eeny , meeny , money , my , ' '' said Kinney , tapping himself , the sabre , the paint-pot , and Cheschapah in turn , one for each word . The incantation was begun . He held the sabre solemnly upright , while Cheschapah tried to control his excited breathing where he stood flattened against the wall . ''