Young Auctioneers; Or, The Polishing of a Rolling Stone
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About This Book
Sixteen-year-old Matt Lincoln is alone in New York City. His father became mentally unbalanced after losing both his money and his wife and has disappeared. Matt has been left to find his own way in the big city. He is unhappy in his job as office boy for a tyrannical broker. But a chance meeting with the equally unhappy Andy Dilks, assistant in a spurious auction business, leads Matt to adventure, self-sufficiency, and eventual triumph.
Chapters (84)
- YOUNG AUCTIONEERS; OR, THE POLISHING OF A ROLLING STONE.
- CONTENTS.
- PREFACE.
- THE YOUNG AUCTIONEER.
- CHAPTER I.
- MATT ATTENDS A SALE.
- CHAPTER II.
- A LIVELY DISCUSSION.
- CHAPTER III.
- SOMETHING OF THE PAST.
- CHAPTER IV.
- AN INTERESTING PROPOSITION.
- CHAPTER V.
- MATT IS DISCHARGED.
- CHAPTER VI.
- A BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP.
- CHAPTER VII.
- GETTING READY TO START.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- AN UNEXPECTED SET-BACK.
- CHAPTER IX.
- THE RESULT OF A FIRE.
- CHAPTER X.
- ON THE ROAD AT LAST.
- CHAPTER XI.
- HARSH TREATMENT.
- CHAPTER XII.
- MATT STANDS UP FOR HIMSELF.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- THE CORN SALVE DOCTOR.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- THE YOUNG AUCTIONEER.
- CHAPTER XV.
- THE CHARMS OF MUSIC.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- THE CONFIDENCE MAN.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- THE STORM.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- A “HOLD-UP.”
- CHAPTER XIX.
- OUT OF A BAD SCRAPE.
- CHAPTER XX.
- ACCUSED OF STEALING.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- THE TELL-TALE CAP.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- THE SHANTY IN THE WOODS.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- SOMETHING IS MISSING.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- ALONG THE RIVER.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- A BITTER MISTAKE.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- SOMETHING OF A SURPRISE.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- TIMELY ASSISTANCE.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- BACK TO THE VILLAGE.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- UNDESIRABLE CUSTOMERS.
- CHAPTER XXX.
- A DASH FROM DANGER.
- CHAPTER XXXI.
- DANGEROUS MOUNTAIN TRAVELING.
- CHAPTER XXXII.
- AN INTERESTING LETTER.
- CHAPTER XXXIII.
- THE RIVAL AUCTIONEERS.
- CHAPTER XXXIV.
- MATT SPEAKS HIS MIND.
- CHAPTER XXXV.
- TOM INWOLD.
- CHAPTER XXXVI.
- LOST IN THE SNOW.
- CHAPTER XXXVII.
- MORE OF AUCTION LIFE.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII.
- A SURPRISING DISCOVERY.
- CHAPTER XXXIX.
- A MYSTERY CLEARED UP.
- CHAPTER XL.
- THE MINING SHARES—CONCLUSION.
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