noon
exclaimed Tom , with fine dramatic effect , stepping grandly into camp . A sumptuous breakfast of bacon and fish was shortly provided , and as the boys set to work upon it , Tom recounted -LRB- and adorned -RRB- his adventures . They were a vain and boastful company of heroes when the tale was done . Then Tom hid himself away in a shady nook to sleep till noon , and the other pirates got ready to fish and explore . AFTER dinner all the gang turned out to hunt for turtle eggs on the bar . They went about poking sticks into the sand , and when they found a soft place they went down on their knees and dug with their hands . Sometimes they would take fifty or sixty eggs out of one hole .