Part 15 (1/2)
”As I said before, we have no rooly ”The wagon seat only holds two, and besides, our plans are all completed for our trip”
”Hu the chance of your lives”
”We'll risk it,” laughed Andy
”I can sell oods every day in the week--and make more money, too”
”Then you had better start alone--and at once,” returned Andy shortly
”I will--if you fellers won't take estion only because I thought it would be more pleasant to travel in a coo it without outside assistance,” cried Matt, as he hopped on the seat ”All ready, Andy?”
”Yes, go on,” returned his partner, cli up beside him
”Then you won't make a deal with me?” questioned Paul Barberry more sourly than ever
”No,” replied Matt and Andy in a breath, and while one gathered up the lines the other spoke to the horse, and the turn-out began to leave the stable
”All right,” shouted Paul Barberry ”Youfellows think you know it all, but youup an ancient and decidedly rusty traveling-bag which he possessed, the corn salve doctor trudged away up the street
”What a forward man!” exclaimed Matt, as they moved off ”Why, he actually wanted to force hiood many such fellows on the road,” returned Andy ”The , they try their best to get in with him I dare say that Dr Paul Barberry is about broke, and would consider it a windfall of fortune to be taken in by the owners and ers of the Eureka Auction Co”
”I wonder if we'll ain,” mused Matt, as he looked back just in tiure disappear around a corner
”Oh, he ain; such fellows very often do,” replied Andy
But neither he nor Matt dreaain come in contact with Paul Barberry
The day arht, and Billy, the horse, appeared in excellent spirits by the way he trotted along over the macadamized road from Newark to Elizabeth
It was not their intention to stop at the latter place, but just as they reached the outskirts of the city Billy began to limp, and they saw that one of his shoes had become loose
”We'll have to take hily drove on until such a place was reached
Here they found they would have to wait until dinner-tio to the trouble and expense of getting a license, however, they decided to spend the ti around
”This is one of the oldest towns in New Jersey,” remarked Andy, as they walked around the depots and down Broad Street, thethe water front is one of the largest sewing h it once and I can tell you it was a sight orth seeing”
Just before twelve o'clock they stopped in a restaurant not far from the blacksmith shop, and had dinner By the time this was over Billy's shoe had been readjusted, and oncethe sh Cranford, Westfield and several smaller places, they struck out for Plainfield, which Andy declared was to be their first regular stopping place
”It is a fair-sized city,” he said ”And if we can strike the right stand we ought to do well there for several days or a week”
”I hope we do well,” returned Matt ”We need a good start, for as yet our ready funds are rather low”