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Show FICKLE GODDESS JL1S SOT:fS AI . AUCTIOn SALE OF UrXLAKIZD EXPRESS That the epe-ulatlve antrK of buy In thin without eeelnc what om la unit la vry much allva Is jwdm people in n-ut Ij.n citr waa evidnt thia mnmln wlifti the "I4 hoica" vale of Hm ItlmH truodt, cm rr1d by Wrlfa. Farvt A 'o. erx-nisd on Kt. hard atrert. ! H wn Auctioneer Andrew. ennoonoedi thai the al waa about to w-mineiice, Mwmii -veniy end eighty man and orn- woman wre r-nt. Br a anri of unwritten law, earh pur rhaeer la auppoatrd to open hla purchaae and ll ot)ire t f h bara-alu. Thta I ni' m ir-ff' H"! f1'""''! thia moretotr. much to the pleasure of f Hoo. who Jook,4 on and at tme much lo tha rhacrtn of anme of tha purchaara. fratura of tha aale thta mornlna waa th laraa number of forianra prf,-nt prf,-nt who nver nitiJ an opportunity of bidding- on evcryUiln; tha wla put up for Mlft. Tha first perkagA ofTfrvd' hroiujtlt SO I'enta and provM to contain four peck-aeoa peck-aeoa at a hrvakfatt rarral barra(. wtilrh tha piir'haar later aold for Ju,t what h paid for It. The retail Talue uf tha. parkase wa, $1. Nait am3 a box on Whlrb the M4 waa Anally ralaad to 1 M. It contained, a Mf wall clk w.n-th In or IK. NeJtl cajrw a grip which want for II I and (contained a fw old elothaa. The next paraac, -which aold for M oanta, rontalnd a globe, nap of the world oo A atand. Tha naxt pun-hnaar,' a yoong Onu. got alx womrn'a hats. - A box of Chrtelmae Work, that Wae not worth ovor ( cmte brought 70 eenta. A email box that everyone viewed with auaplt lon aold for M rente.' It contained a handeonie brunaa clovk worth eeveral dollara. Buy ' WWskjf., Next earn a boa marked "twelve qturt r whisky." Before the wording word-ing had been seen, worn one started th bid at as cents, but whan th crowd saw those words th bid waa quickly run up to I:' 10. At least half of tha crowd followed the purchaser t the other end of th room and willing hands assisted him to open th be a. It con- , tslned s half doses sacks of ors samples. sam-ples. The crowd looked as ssnch dis-gimted dis-gimted ss- did the fellow-whs had purchased pur-chased It. The box snd its octant will likely remain in the room until tt is hauled away by the garbage man. A grip sold for 2 .6. Th grip mlgm be worth ft. So. but th con lent, old clothing, were not worth carrying away. A neat little packsge which brought 1.9ft contslnued an old pair of trouera. Another parhaae that aold for II 76 con-: con-: tallied a accond-hand suit of clothing. A grip wjiich contained nothing but a lww letters stw smm old alothlng aoid for 11.71, while another grip which aold for a dollar contained some good underclothing un-derclothing and a revolver worth say era) dollara. On man bought a pair of hlsskaas and s quilt for 2f cents, but It Is doubtful doubt-ful If h will carry them home. A a.ln amrhlvk. vl t. .a. 1A MHlalniMl nothing hut a lot of drummer's sample of cloth. Orsok Purohtssa Tights. Several of (he Greeks took a lively hand In bidding on snot her grip, whit n waa finally sold for il.':0. It contained a lot of aocond hand clothing such ss might hae been used at sunt lime hy a woman member of eome cheap travel-Ins travel-Ins theatrical company. One young Oreek bid 13 for and secured se-cured a parcel which ontalned a variety va-riety of bahy clothing. Th laugh which he got from the crowd caused him to beat a hasty retreat. Another. Oreek. who stated that he nould not read a word of Kiigllsh. paid 11 for a school hook. Still snother paid 7S cents for a he!f-doen railroad hooka. On man paid I J for a bos of hattary ostis, not on of , which was worth a ent to him. On man got a telecmw grip for Te centa that contained vloliilng worth severs! sev-ers! dollars. A few of the purchaser paid for what they had bought and then walked out of the room, locking neither to the right lior to the left. If they got fooled they did not propose that anvone should know Hhout It. It Is ssld that then are over too pieces of express to he sold and that It wl likely be tomorrow night before th sale Is coiirluded. |