noon
`` Oh , he must have sized up the situation , and so knows what has happened to us , '' declared Dick . `` He 's probably out now , with some of the cowboys , looking for us . '' `` I hope they bring something to eat , '' spoke Nort . `` We 'll be on mighty short rations at noon , unless we can eat grass , the way the ponies do . '' `` Or knock over a jack , '' added Dick . `` They seem to be plentiful . '' As he spoke , one of the long-legged and longer-eared rabbits shot past , having paused to look at the strangers , who , doubtless in his mind , were usurping his land .