noon
If we only had Shasta with us . '' `` Arrah , now , if ye 'd had him ye 'd 've niver gone thramping off in the woods and having me alone here with the dog . The red gintleman knowed what was best for us , and do ye mind , he kept his eye upon yez all the time . '' Howard had thought the same thing a score of times since noon , and there was no need of his being told how the Pah Utah would have acted had he remained with them . `` I thinks Mr. Shasta is n't a great many miles off . P'rhaps , '' added Tim , significantly , `` he 's kapin ' watch upon us and will come to our help in our throuble . '' But the contingency , to Howard at least , was too remote for him to build any hopes upon it .