noon
If you give heed to these two things , we will all be your friends . When you walk abroad , you shall see us when no one else can , and we will talk with you and teach you all the wisdom and the ways of the wild kindreds . '' Just then the sound of footsteps was heard coming down the trail . The gray mist rose again before little Luke 's eyes and he heard someone say , `` Wake up , little boy , it is almost noon . Your Aunt Martha will have dinner on the table before you can get back to the farmhouse . '' Little Luke looked up and there was Old John the Indian , who lived in a lonely cabin on the other side of the mountain , and sometimes came to the farmhouse to sell game he had killed or baskets that he had woven . Little Luke sprang up and rubbed his eyes .