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Still, it was a very tame affair. A woman came out of the house carrying a baby of about eighteen months in her arms, and sat down on the bench beneath the window. ‚ÄúThere‚Äôs Marthy Blair with the Garland Baby,‚ÄĚ said Robert Lawson to Pa. ‚ÄúI‚Äôd like to know what‚Äôs to become of that poor young one! STILL IT WAS A VERY TAME AFFAIR A WOMAN CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE CARRYING A BABY OF VOTE EIGHTEEN MONTHS IN HER ARMS AND SAT DOWN ON THE BENCH BESIDE THE WINDOW THERE'S MARTHY BLAIR WAS THE GARLAND BABY SAID ROBERT LAWSON PAPA I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S TO BECOME OF THIS POOR YOUNG ONE
 flavour of an auction. When Pa arrived at the Carmody store, he saw that the little yard of the Garland place below the hill was already full of people. The auction had evidently begun; so, not to miss any more of it, Pa hurried down. The sorrel mare could wait for her shoes until afterwards. Ma had been within bounds when she called the Garland auction a ‚Äúone-horse affair.‚ÄĚ It certainly was very paltry, especially when compared to the big Donaldson auction of a month ago, which Pa still lived over in happy dreams. Horace Garland and his wife had been poor. When they died within six weeks of each other, one of consumption and one of pneumonia, they left nothing but debts and a little furniture. The house had been a rented one. The bidding on the various poor articles of household gear put up for sale was not brisk, but had an element of resigned determination. Carmody people knew that these things had to be sold to pay the debts, and they could not be sold unless they were bought. BUT SHE CERTAINLY SPOILT THE FLAT RIVER OF AN AUCTION WHEN PA ARRIVED AT THE CARMODY STORE HE SAW THAT THE LITTLE YARD OF THE GARLAND PLACE BELOW THE HILL WAS ALREADY FULL OF PEOPLE THE AUCTION HAD EVIDENTLY BEGUN SO NOT TO MISS ANY MORE OF IT PA HURRIED DOWN THE SOIL MARE COULD WAIT FOR SHOES UNTIL AFTERWARDS MA HAD BEEN WITHIN BOUNDS WHEN SHE CALLED THE GARLAND AUCTION OF ONE HORSE AFFAIR IT CERTAINLY WAS VERY PALTORY EXCEPT ESPECIALLY WHEN COMPARED TO THE BIG DONALDSON AUCTION A MONTH AGO WHICH PA STILL LIVED OVER IN HAPPY DREAMS HORACE GARLAND AND HIS WIFE HAD BEEN POOR WHEN THEY DIED WITHIN SIX WEEKS OF EACH OTHER ONE OF CONSUMPTION AND ONE OF PNEUMONIA THEY LEFT NOTHING BUT DEBT AND A LITTLE FURNITURE THE HOUSE HAD BEEN A RENTED ONE THE BIDDING ON THE VARIOUS POORER ARTICLES OF HOUSEHOLD YEAR PUT UP FOR SALE WAS NOT BRISK BUT HAD AN ELEMENT OF RESIGNED DETERMINATION CARMODY PEOPLE KNOWS THESE THINGS HAD TO BE SOLD TO PAY THE DEBT AND THEY COULD NOT BE SOLD UNLESS THEY WERE BOUGHT
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