noon
`` They have a meeting-house up yonder , by the fork of the road , I am told . And , seeing that this is our first day out of camp on the last stage of our journey , suppose we stop for dinner at Indian John 's , Aleck ? It will be a change from camp-fare , and they say that John keeps a good table . '' To the delight of the lads , it was agreed that they should make the halt as suggested , and noon found them at a very large and comfortable `` double cabin , '' as these peculiar structures are called . Two log-cabins are built , end to end , with one roof covering the two . The passage between them is floored over , and affords an open shelter from rain and sun , and in hot weather is the pleasantest place about the establishment . Indian John 's cabin was built of hewn logs , nicely chinked in with slivers , and daubed with clay to keep out the wintry blasts .