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50 "We'll make it do. If we run out I can leave you with the turnout, and come back to New York and buy more, and have it shipped as freight to the nearest railroad station."

"I see. I suppose they do not do any trusting with auctioneers?"

"Not with such traveling auctioneers as we will be. I would rather buy for cash, anyway, for you can buy much cheaper."

"I suppose you can. What would you take along, and where would you go?"

"My idea for the balance of this summer would be to strike out through New York State down into Pennsylvania, and then across to New Jersey. Then we can rent a store in some small town for the winter, especially for the holidays, and start out early in the spring for the New England States."

This plan met with Matt's approval, and he asked what goods Andrew Dilks thought would be the most profitable to take along.

"I have a list here in my pocket," returned the young man, bringing it forth. "You see, it includes fancy articles and statuary, besides cheap watches, table cutlery, spoons, imitation gold rings, such musical instruments as accordions, banjos and violins, albums, razors, whips, and a dozen others. That ought to meet the wants in almost any small town."