noon
Then all their stock was gone over , some of it placed securely away in the covered wagon until needed , and the rest kept handy for immediate use . A dozen different artifices were carried through , each intended to make things more comfortable and handy . Plainly Jack knew ten times as much about the business of camping-out as either of his chums ; and they were only too pleased to take lessons from him , being eager to `` learn all the frills , '' as Toby said . And just as Jack had predicted when noon came they had most of these innovations carried through , so that the afternoon could be used for other enterprises as the humor suggested . Toby had evidently been making up his mind about something , for they had hardly finished a cold lunch when he turned to Jack and remarked : `` I 've got a hunch there ought to be some mighty good fishing over there in the river , do you know , Jack ? I fetched my stuff along , and would like ever so much to make a try there this afternoon , if either of you cared to go with me . '' `` Now , that 's too mean for anything , '' grumbled Steve , looking quite unhappy .