Part 35 (1/2)

”A criht, I'll be down in a minnit!”

The head disappeared and the as closed Fiveof the house, and the justice opened the door to what he termed his office

”Nohat's it all about?” he asked in a sleepy voice

All hands entered the place, Andy and thebut comfortable The prisoner was ed the, a very pleasant ht have to say

The hearing was a short one, and at its conclusion Paul Barberry wasthat he would notify the Phillipsburg authorities, so that they could get the necessary papers and take hi at the last moment to pay a fine equal to the ahteen dollars But neither the justice nor the others would listen to this

Had he not ht have had some pity on hiet the blows they had suffered at the hands of the thieves

It was not deemed worth while to send out any one to look for the two men who had escaped, and after Barberry was safe in jail the young auctioneers drove over to the tavern and put up there for the night

Ra with the mountaineer they paid him the reward that had been proback for Easton, telling Justice Harwig that they would report to the authorities in Phillipsburg whenever wanted They found that the turn-out had suffered no daoods which had been in the cases had been stored away in sohtened this out

”I tell you we can consider ourselves very lucky to get out of this so nicely,” he said, after he had finished his work and knew all was right ”As it stands, ill be out hardly a cent”

”Yes, ere lucky,” returned Matt ”But ouldn't have been had we taken that freight agent's advice and remained on the other side of the Delaware”

”Well, no doubt he'll be glad to learn that we have recovered the goods It saves hiht dollars”

”We will lose the best part of to-day's trade, for on't be able to get back much before two or three o'clock”

”Never ht to do best in the evening,” replied Andy

It was a cool, clear day, and although both were rather tired froht before, they enjoyed the drive back to Easton

At first Andy drove, while Matt took it easy on the goods in the back of the wagon, and when half the distance was covered the partners changed places, so that by the time the store they had previously hired was reached, both were sufficiently rested to go ahead with the duties on hand

They lost no ti the stock to the store shelves, after which Andy drove off with the wagon and found a stable where the turn-out ed the stock on the shelves, andout, and inside of an hour afterward business was in full swing

CHAPTER XXIX

UNDESIRABLE CUSTOMERS

Areat many fire laddies, and these they oods at almost cost As a consequence the fire the store was packed

”This is going to be the banner day after all,” whispered Andy, just after s reat de on the instruments they sold over three dozen ave a duet on the violin and banjo, and as a consequence, sold both of the instrureater crowd, and a coloredsoh and joke a themselves in a loud and coarseto have trouble with those chaps,” whispered Matt to his partner ”They have been drinking, and they are out for a lark”

”That's my idea, too,” returned Andy ”Weauctioneers paid no attention to the four negroes, excepting to see that they did not take up soain The fellows th two of theed to the store fixtures

The colass of the case, and with a sharp crack it broke into half a dozen pieces

”Hullo! dat glass dun gone and got broke!” cried one of the negroes