about noon
The bushes proved to be raspberry bushes , as Mary had supposed , and she found them loaded with fruit . She ate of them abundantly , and was very much refreshed . She would have filled her pail besides , so as to have some to take along with her , but she had no place to put the oranges , except within the pail . It was now about noon ; the sun was hot , and Mary Bell began to be pretty tired . She wished that they would come for her . She climbed up upon a large log which lay among the bushes , and called as loud as she could , '' _ Mary Erskine ! Mary Erskine !