noon
I have come mighty nigh regrettin ' that I did not keep a tally of the questions them folks asked me . And as they seemed genu-winely anxious to believe anything at all , and the worser the thing the believinger they 'd grow , why I -- well , there 's times when I have got to lie to keep in good health . `` So I fooled and I fooled . And one noon I was on the front poach of the big hotel they have opened at the Mammoth Springs for tourists , and the hotel kid , bein ' on the watchout , he sees the dust comin ' up the hill , and he yells out , ` Stage ! ' `` Yu 've not saw that hotel yet , seh ? Well , when the kid says ` Stage , ' the consequences is most sudden . About as conspicuous , yu ' may say , as when Old Faithful Geyser lets loose .