An Auctioneer's Good Deed
ONE day a very old woman came in and told me she was sending me down some old furniture to sell for her. In a little while a lorry arrived
with it and the poor old soul asked me to sell it as quickly as possible, as she must have £3 in three days. I was so sorry for her that I gave her £3 in advance. She had no sooner gone than a customer came in, saw the dusty, worn furniture and asked me to send one chair to one daughter and another chair to another daughter and that she would take the rest
herself. When I said it was worth £50, the customer said, "And quite a good bargain, too," and wrote a cheque for the amount, and left quite delighted — but her delight was nothing compared with that of the old soul who came in to see me
a day or two afterwards to see if I had managed to get £3 for it. I got quite a kick out of that deal. To see her face when I gave her the balance was wonderful."-("Just a Job of Work-The Auctioneer,’ 4YA, June 14),
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 53, 28 June 1940, Page 10
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200An Auctioneer's Good Deed New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 53, 28 June 1940, Page 10
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