noon
Some said they wos fairy-rings , but at last they comed to know they wos nothin ' more nor less than places where buffaloes wos used to waller in . It 's often seemed to me that if we knowed the _ raisons _ o ' things we would n't be so much puzzled wi ' them as we are . '' The truth of this last remark was so self-evident and incontrovertible that it elicited no reply , and the three friends rode on for a considerable time in silence . It was now past noon , and they were thinking of calling a halt for a short rest to the horses and a pipe to themselves , when Joe was heard to give vent to one of those peculiar hisses that always accompanied either a surprise or a caution . In the present case it indicated both . `` What now , Joe ? '' `` Injuns ! ''