noon
After that , he took off through the sagebrush at a lope , too worldly-wise to follow the trail past the store , where someone might rush out and grab him before he could dodge away . He was a wise little pinto -- Huckleberry . `` And now , I suppose I 'll have the pleasure of walking home , '' grumbled Evadna , standing upon the platform and gazing , with much self-pity , after her runaway . `` It 's noon -- stay and eat dinner with me , chicken . Some of the boys will bring him back after you the minute he gets to the ranch . It 's too hot to walk . '' Miss Georgie laid a hand coaxingly upon her arm .