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THE YOUNG AUCTIONEER.
"Hi! what are you going to do?" cried the man, in surprise.
"I guess I won't stop," returned the boy. "That storm does not seem to be quite over, and I do not wish to catch a second dose."
"But you will stop, sonny!" exclaimed the man, with a sudden change of manner.
"Hi, Jake! Baldy! Come out here and help me manage this young fellow!" he went on, in a louder tone.
The other men at once rushed from the shanty, and in a trice Matt was surrounded.
