noon
When I 'm eating trout my thoughts go out to ham ; and when I 'm sitting down to a rasher of bacon I do long so for a mess of trout . But they 're all to the good , fellows . Do it some more , will you ? '' And when William and the other cooks served the fish at noon the boys were loud in their praises . Some had suggestions to offer about the ways of cooking them ; but it was noticed that half the inmates of the camp busied themselves immediately after lunch in hunting fishing tackle ; and the prospect for peace among the finny tribes in that lake was small . There was no little rivalry between the trio of cooks . Usually this took the form of good-natured chaffing , and trying new dishes , in order to arouse the envy of other patrols .