noon
he repeated , contemptuously . The Dillon disappeared on a run . Chad rode all that night . At dawn he reached the foot-hills , and by noon he drew up at the road which turned to Camp Dick Robinson . He sat there a long time thinking , and then pushed on toward Lexington . If he could , he would keep from fighting on Kentucky soil . Next morning he was going at an easy `` running-walk '' along the old Maysville road toward the Ohio .