LITMIR.BIZ

      Published by Good Press, 2020

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      EAN 4064066072490

Table of Contents

       Matt Attends a Sale

       A Lively Discussion

       Something of the Past

       An Interesting Proposition

       Matt is Discharged

       A Business Partnership

       Getting Ready to Start

       An Unexpected Set-Back

       The Result of a Fire

       On the Road at Last

       Harsh Treatment

       Matt Stands Up for Himself

       The Corn Salve Doctor

       The Young Auctioneer

       The Charms of Music

       The Confidence Man

       The Storm

       A Hold Up

       Out of a Bad Scrape

       Accused of Stealing

       The Tell-Tale Cap

       The Shanty in the Woods

       Something is Missing

       Along the River

       A Bitter Mistake

       Something of a Surprise

       Timely Assistance

       Back to the Village

       Undesirable Customers

       A Dash from Danger

       Dangerous Mountain Travelling

       An Interesting Letter

       The Rival Auctioneers

       Matt Speaks His Mind

       Tom Inwold

       Lost in the Snow

       More of Auction Life

       A Surprising Discovery

       A Mystery Cleared Up

       The Mining Shares

      PREFACE.

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       "The Young Auctioneers" forms the initial volume of a line of juvenile stories called "The Working Upward Series."

      The tale is complete in itself, and tells of the adventures of a homeless, although not a penniless youth, who strikes up an acquaintanceship with another young fellow experienced as an auctioneer. The two purchase a horse and wagon, stock up with goods, and take to the road. The partners pass through a number of more or less trying experiences, and the younger lad is continually on the lookout for his father, who has broken out of an asylum while partly deranged in mind over the loss of his wife and his fortune.

      I have endeavored in this tale to give a faithful picture of life among a certain class of traveling salesmen who are but little known to the world at large, especially to those who inhabit our large cities. In country places the traveling auctioneer is looked for as a matter of course, and he is treated according ​to the humor of the inhabitants, or rather, according to the merits or demerits of the "bargains" offered on a previous trip.

      I sincerely trust that my numerous boy readers will find the tale to their liking, and that the moral—to lead an upright, honest life under any and all circumstances—will not escape them.

      Edward Stratemeyer.