Part 7 (2/2)
”I suppose you can What would you take along, and where would you go?”
”My idea for the balance of this suh New York State down into Pennsylvania, and then across to New Jersey
Then we can rent a store in some small town for the winter, especially for the holidays, and start out early in the spring for the New England States”
This plan oods Andrew Dilks thought would be the
”I have a list here init forth ”You see, it includes fancy articles and statuary, besides cheap watches, table cutlery, spoons, is, such musical instruments as accordions, banjos and violins, albuht to meet the wants in almost any small town”
”Can you play the musical instruments?” asked Matt
”I can play the accordion--not very well, but enough to show the instrument off”
”I can play the banjo, and also the harmonica You had better lay in a stock of mouth harmonicas”
”I certainly will if you can play theood you can play the banjo We can play that and the accordion whenever ant to open up, and thus attract a crowd
Some use a bell, but music, even when it is poor, is better Soan ere on the road, but I didn't much care to do it”
”No, I wouldn't like that,” said Matt
”Gulligan sold lots of what are called 'fake' goods,” went on Andrew Dilks ”But oods and sell them for just what they are We will perhaps not make as much, but people will be better pleased, and they will not want to run us out of town if we ever go back to the saain”
”I aht want to paloods and I didn't want to be a party to any such transaction”
They continued to talk the subject over for fully an hour, and by that tihly, and had decided, if Matt could raise the necessary cash, to go into the scheht to do all the traveling possible before cold weather sets in,” said Andrew Dilks ”It is in the villages where the most money is to be made, especially nohen the far and have some ready cash”
”As I aet the et that otherto put in every cent of what I have now”
On the followingMatt was surprised to receive another visit from Ida Bartlett, who had eaten an unusually early breakfast so that sheto work
”I knew you would be anxious to hear fro to let you have the ular bank interest, three per cent”
”Thank you, and I'll try to pay it back before the year is out,”
returned Matt, o into the scheme? It is all satisfactory?”
”Yes”
”Good! I wish you every success”
CHAPTER VIII