Part 15 (2/2)
”You will have your first chance to do a bit of regular auctioneering,”
smiled Andy ”I trust you are not nervous over the prospects”
”Neverto do et over it just as quickly as I can”
Some time before sundown they entered Plainfield; half an hour later they found a suitable stopping place, and then Andy went off to secure soht do business
He came back in an hour and stated that he had secured an e froon
”The store will only cost us a dollar a day as long as we use it, and we ought to be able to make that much ht transferring the stock froon to the store shelves, and when this was finished both set to work to wash and dress the sho
On the following , and then the Eureka Auction Co was ready for business
CHAPTER XIV
THE YOUNG AUCTIONEER
”I feel like a cat in a strange garret!” exclaimed Matt, as he walked up and down behind the counter on a raised platfor into cold water an inch at a tioes,” cried Andy, catching up an accordion that stood close at hand ”Let us see e can do toward drawing a crowd in
Thereup with people”
”There is a cheap circus to exhibit I saw the posters Perhaps they intend to give a parade”
”Most likely Get your banjo, Matt, and let us give them our best selection”
Matt did as requested; and as the an to pause, and half a dozen stopped at the open door and peered in
”Coht in!” shouted Andy ”The auction is now about to begin, and you don't want to miss the chance of your lives!”
”Plenty of room for everybody!” shouted Matt directly after hih exciteood place, where you can hear and see all that is going on You need not buy if you do not wish One entleains ever exhibited in this city That's right, coan to drift in, singly and in pairs, until, when the next tune was finished, the store held perhaps twenty-five men, women and boys Several children had tried to enter, but Andy had shook his head at them, and thus kept them outside
”Say, what's them pocket-knives worth?” asked one old man evidently frolittering blades
”Which knife, sir?” asked Matt, in a business-like way
”That one with the buckhorn handle and prunin' blade”
”That sir, is one of our best knives Well ood many years What do you offer for it, sir?”
”Offer?” repeated the old man in astonishment