noon
But excuse me , fellows ; I 've got some work to do developing the snaps I took yesterday . '' That was the last they saw of Will for some time . Once he buried himself in that fascinating photographic labor to which he was devoted heart and soul , it required some strong incentive such as a summons to dinner , to make him break away . After noon had come and gone , the boys settled down into something like the old life . Less was said about events that had occurred , while new plans were being broached for the immediate future . Having secured some live bait with a little seine made of mosquito netting , Bluff and Frank tried the fishing , using the boat to reach what seemed to be good ground . A hidden ledge of rock ran from the point , and Frank judged that where the water was something like ten feet deep there ought to be bass .