Young Auctioneers: or, The Polishing of a Rolling Stone
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Stratemeyer Edward. Young Auctioneers: or, The Polishing of a Rolling Stone
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. MATT ATTENDS A SALE
CHAPTER II. A LIVELY DISCUSSION
CHAPTER III. SOMETHING OF THE PAST
CHAPTER IV. AN INTERESTING PROPOSITION
CHAPTER V. MATT IS DISCHARGED
CHAPTER VI. A BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
CHAPTER VII. GETTING READY TO START
CHAPTER VIII. AN UNEXPECTED SET-BACK
CHAPTER IX. THE RESULT OF A FIRE
CHAPTER X. ON THE ROAD AT LAST
CHAPTER XI. HARSH TREATMENT
CHAPTER XII. MATT STANDS UP FOR HIMSELF
CHAPTER XIII. THE CORN SALVE DOCTOR
CHAPTER XIV. THE YOUNG AUCTIONEER
CHAPTER XV. THE CHARMS OF MUSIC
CHAPTER XVI. THE CONFIDENCE MAN
CHAPTER XVII. THE STORM
CHAPTER XVIII. A “HOLD-UP.”
CHAPTER XIX. OUT OF A BAD SCRAPE
CHAPTER XX. ACCUSED OF STEALING
CHAPTER XXI. THE TELL-TALE CAP
CHAPTER XXII. THE SHANTY IN THE WOODS
CHAPTER XXIII. SOMETHING IS MISSING
CHAPTER XXIV. ALONG THE RIVER
CHAPTER XXV. A BITTER MISTAKE
CHAPTER XXVI. SOMETHING OF A SURPRISE
CHAPTER XXVII. TIMELY ASSISTANCE
CHAPTER XXVIII. BACK TO THE VILLAGE
CHAPTER XXIX. UNDESIRABLE CUSTOMERS
CHAPTER XXX. A DASH FROM DANGER
CHAPTER XXXI. DANGEROUS MOUNTAIN TRAVELING
CHAPTER XXXII. AN INTERESTING LETTER
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE RIVAL AUCTIONEERS
CHAPTER XXXIV. MATT SPEAKS HIS MIND
CHAPTER XXXV. TOM INWOLD
CHAPTER XXXVI. LOST IN THE SNOW
CHAPTER XXXVII. MORE OF AUCTION LIFE
CHAPTER XXXVIII. A SURPRISING DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXXIX. A MYSTERY CLEARED UP
CHAPTER XL. THE MINING SHARES – CONCLUSION
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“Now, ladies and gentlemen, what am I offered for this elegant vase, imported direct from Italy, a most marvelous piece of workmanship, worth every cent of twenty-five dollars? Who will start it at five dollars? Start it at four? Start it at three? At two? At one dollar? What is that – fifty cents? Rather low, lady, but as I said before, these goods must be sold, regardless of the prices obtained. Fifty cents, it is! Fifty – fifty! Who will make it one dollar?”
“What, only sixty? Well, well, well! Never mind, the goods must go, and sixty cents is better than nothing. Sixty – sixty – ”
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“Oh, that’s all right, Miss Bartlett,” returned the boy, blushing. “I like to be of service to you.”
“You evidently seem to know this young lady?” said the auctioneer, turning to Matt Lincoln.
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