noon
Suddenly Jim started , as if shocked by an electric battery . Hiding all the hair and beard of the portrait , he stared at it a moment , and exclaimed : '' _ Tarpaulin _ ! '' `` Both gone ! '' exclaimed Colonel Two , hurrying into the saloon , at noon . '' _ Both _ gone ? '' echoed two or three men . `` Yes , '' said the colonel ; `` and the queerest thing is , they left ev'ry thing behind -- every darned thing !