NEW TO THE GAME
It was the first sale over which the smart young auctioneer had presided, and in response to his really eloquent pleading the bids for the horse he was selling slowly rose. ' 'Eleven guineas and a half!' he said scornfully. ' What ? Only eleven and a-half guineas for this magnificent cob Gentlemen, gentlemen, aren't you to be tempted?' ' Well, I don't mind giving you twelve pounds, mister,' said the little man who chewed a straw. ' Thank you! Going at twelve pounds— at twelve —gone !' The hammer fell, after which the smart young auctioneer was at a loss to account for the laugh which arose', and it really took some time to convince him that he had been taken down —eighteenpence.
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New Zealand Tablet, 7 August 1913, Page 62
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122NEW TO THE GAME New Zealand Tablet, 7 August 1913, Page 62
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