noon
Steadily Jo pulled until there shone in the air a gleaming trout . It was a beauty with olive-green back , shading down the sides to white with spots of black and red . It was thirteen inches in length , and Jo promised himself quite a triumph over Tom when he should show him this prize . By noon Jo had caught ten fish varying from seven inches to a foot in length . He and Tom met down stream several miles , at noon . `` What luck ? '' inquired Tom .