She stopped short and looked at the ground searchingly; it might be there at that very moment, and this might be the day when she would find it.
"What ye lookin' for?" asked Billy.
"Oh, nothing. I was just thinking what if I should find a silver dollar in the road."
"Pshaw!" exclaimed Billy. "That's foolishness."
"But people do find money sometimes."
"They don't so often when they're lookin' for it. I've often looked and I never found but a nickel in my life. No, sir, the only way you're sure of gettin' money is to work for it."
"I can't do that very well, and besides it would be much nicer to find it."
Billy did not answer; he seemed preoccupied. "There ain't much to carry home," he said. "I'll take it as far as the gate and then you can take it in. I want to see somebody before dark."
"One of the boys?" asked Ruth.
But there was no reply for by that time the store was reached.