noon
`` They are almost sure to lay for us in the canyon , '' remarked Juarez . `` We will have to find some other way . '' `` One of us will go this afternoon , '' said Jim , `` and see if we ca n't strike a new trail . '' It was now noon and the boys sat down to a quiet meal , with trout as the main dish , and how they did enjoy it ! `` Gosh , boys , '' exclaimed Jo , `` but it does seem nice to sit down to a meal without the bullets buzzing around . '' `` We will get so that we wo n't mind bullets any more than mosquitoes , '' said Tom . `` Listen to him ! ''