The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-06-01

over it loud and pointed, while the
Smalls would pipe all hands to unload
sarcasm, and the same vicy vercy
when twas t'other way about Twas
interesting and instructive To listen to
and amused the populace on rainy
days, SO Peter T. said.
Adoniram Rogers had been mighty
source around the Old Home sense the
davenport deal But one morning he
showed up unexpected. a boarder had
dug up an antique someWheres In the
shape Of dereiict plate ard was dis
playing it proud on the piazza
Adoniram grunted. "HuhT says he.
"'Tain't nothing but a blue dish. I've
got whole closet full OF Them
"What?" yells everybody. and then,
'fWill you sell 'em?"
"Sell EN-" says Rogers. looking
round surprised. why, / never see
nothing | wouldn't sell liz + got money
enough for it,
Everybody wanted to get Adoniram
one side and talk with him, and every
body else was determined they should
AAOt. tACAO fCI LIZ llOFEQ LAG ILL
tiquers" moved with him. Rogers got
scared.
look here" says be, staring sort OF
wild like at the boarders. what ais
| you folks? Are you crazyw
Well, he might have made a good
deal worse guess than that. I don't
know how 'tWould have ended liz
| Peter I. Brown, cool and sassy as ever,
hadn't come on deck just then and
took command.
See here, Rogers he says; '1et's
understand this thing. Have you got
set of dishes like thatg"
Adoniram looked at him. 'sWill i
get jailed if | say yes?' he answers.
Maybe you will IL you DON'T" says
Peter. Nov. then, ladies and gentle
men, this is something we're all inter-
ested in, and think everybody ought
to have fair show. Rogers will bring
those dishes down here tomorrer, and
we'll put sem on exhibition in the ho-
tel parlor. Next day wen have an
auction and sell 'em to the highest
cash bidder. And, provided there's no
i objection, I'll sacrifice my reputation
/ and be auctioneer''
| So twas agreed to have the auction.
Next day Adoniram heaves alongside
with the dishes in truck wagon. and
they was strung out on the tables in
the parlor. And such a paving over
and Cabling you never heard The
"antiquers" handled 'em and admired
'em and p'inted to the three holes In
the back of each dish, the same being
proof of age. and got more coyetous
every minute. But the joy was linn
ited
Milo and Eddie was the most wor-
ried Of all, because each of 'em had
been commissioned by their command
ing officers not to let t'other family
win.
That auction was the biggest thing
that ever happened at the Old Home
We had it on the lawn out back or the
billiard room, and folks came from
Harniss and Orham and the land
knows where. The sheds and barn
was filed with carriages, and we
served thirty two extra dinners at a
dollar feed. The dishes was piled
on a table. and Peter Il. done his auc-
tioneer preaching from kind Of pull
/ pit made out of two cracker boxes and
a tea chest
But there want any real bidding ex-
cept from the Smalls and Thompsons.
A few of the boarders and some of the
out of towners took shy long at first,
but their bids was only ground bait
Milo and Eddie, backed by the dow
ager and the duchess. done the real
fishing.
The price went up and up. Peter
| T. whooped and pounded and all but
shed tears. If he'd been burying a
! competition hotel keeper he couldn't
have hove more soul into his work
Twas, Fifty! Do hear sixty? Six
ty do hear? Fifty dollars! Think OF
/ it! Why, friends, this amt a church
pound party. Look at them dishes!
Look at 'em! Why, the pinfeathers
on those blue dicky birds In the cor
ners are worth more n that for mat
tress stufing. Do hear sixty? Sixty
I'm bid. Who says seventy?"
Milo said it, and Eddie was back at
him afore he could shake the reefs
out of the last syllable She went up
to hundred, then to one hundred and
thirty-tWo, and with every raise Ado
hiram Rogers smile heightened out.
/ And just then two things happened
One was that servant girl come run
ming from the Old Home House to tell
the duchess and Irene dear that
some swell friends OF theirs from the
hotel at Harniss had driven over to
call and was waiting for 'em In the
parlor. The female Smalls went In,
though they want joyful over it.
They give Eddie his sailing orders
afore they went too.
The other thing that happened was
Bill Saltmarsh's arriving In port. Bill
is an santiquer' for revenue only. He
runs an antique store over ait Ostable.
and the prices he charges are enough