Noon
`` I was in hopes that I would learn something from their conversation , '' he muttered . `` Well , perhaps some more soldiers will visit the clump of trees to-day , and in that case I may succeed in securing some information . I hope that such will be the case , anyway . '' Noon came , and no other soldiers had visited the clump of trees . Dick was not discouraged , however . He felt that he would likely get a chance to hear other soldiers talk that afternoon . He ate the rest of his food , and then sat down beside a tree and took it easy for a while .