noon
When it was assured and he had the eighty thousand dollars deposited in a bank he could feel that his gray , gloomy future would have several happy memories . How would Lenore Anderson feel toward a man who had saved her father ? The thought was too rich , too sweet for Kurt to dwell upon . Before noon Kurt began to climb gradually up off the wonderfully fertile bottom-lands where the endless orchards and boundless gardens delighted his eye , and the towns grew fewer and farther between . Kurt halted at Huntington for water , and when he was about ready to start a man rushed out of a store , glanced hurriedly up and down the almost deserted street , and , espying Kurt , ran to him . `` Message over ` phone ! I.W.W. !