noon
He made his camp in a little sandy draw on the side of the ridge which was full of stunted cedars . He cut up one cedar for his fire and drew on the others for sufficient twigs to cushion his blanket bed , then in spite of the heat he slept the sleep that belongs to the open . He was on his way at daylight , whistling cheerfully into the vast distances that unrolled about him . Mid-morning came , and then noon . Half the time allotted for the trip had gone , and still there was no sign of deserted mines . Roger smoked a long pipe after his lunch , chewing impatiently on his pipestem and swearing under his breath from time to time . He was tempted violently to keep on to the north , but remembering Dick 's repeated warnings as to the danger of running out of water he finally won his own consent to turning back .