noon
So the box lay there through the forenoon , and Dick & Co. did little else but wonder and guess as to its contents . Any member of Dick & Co. would have taken the risk of opening it , had he been chosen by his comrades to do so ; but not one of them wanted one of the other fellows to take the risk . In the meantime Greg Holmes could scarcely curb his rising curiosity . The noon meal had been eaten , and the camp put to rights . The water before them and the woods behind them called to nature-loving Dick & Co. , yet the invitations were ignored . What could be in the innocent-looking box ? That was the question that held six minds in the thraldom of curiosity .