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Rh strop for himself, and a pair of scissors for his wife.

"There will not be much doing now until evening," said Andy to Matt. "So we will have dinner and then one of us can deliver those articles that lady bought."

"I'll deliver the stuff, Andy. I fancy the walk will brace me up more than anything else would."

"Well, go on then," said Andy, and so, after he had had dinner, Matt set out with the bundle of goods under his arm.

The way to the lady's house led past the circus, and with a natural curiosity to see what was going on, Matt pushed his way through the crowd to where a number of banners were stretched containing vivid pictures of the many wonderful sights which the ticket seller said could be seen within.

The boy was much interested in the slick way of speaking which the ticket seller had, and to "gain points," as he called it, for the auction business, he remained almost an hour listening to all that was said.

He was about to leave the crowd when a well-dressed man who was standing beside him pushed him a bit to one side, and then stooped to pick something from the ground at Matt's feet.

It was a large pocket-book, and apparently well filled.