About noon
`` You are a sassy little boy , '' said she , `` and if your sister is as sassy as her brother , I pity the man that 's goin ' to marry her . '' In reply Eddy made up an impish face at her as she retreated . Then he entered the church himself to inspect progress , returning immediately to take up his position of sentry again . About noon Anderson passed on his way to the post-office , and nodded . `` You ca n't come in , '' the boy called out . `` All right , '' Anderson responded . But then Eddy made a flying leap from the church door and caught hold of his arm .