noon
By ten o'clock it was snowing furiously , and by eleven the ground was covered to the depth of half a foot . `` That settles it ; we ca n't make Scranton to-day , nor even Pittston , '' said Matt . `` We had better hunt up some sort of a house with a barn attached , where we can put up . '' But Andy was for continuing the journey , so onward they went , until at last , just before the noon hour , they found the road getting too heavy for Billy . They went down into a hollow which the falling snow had covered , and there the wagon remained , despite every effort to budge it . They looked around in some dismay . Not even a house nor a building of any sort was in sight .