CHAPTER XXVII.

Auctioneering at the Michigan State Fair--Three days' co-partnership with a showman--My partner's family on exhibition--Our success--Traveling northward--Business increases--Frequent trades in horses and wagons--The possessor of a fine turn-out--Mr. Keefer again asks assistance--How I responded--Traveling with an ox-team and cart--A great attraction--Sold out--Traveling by rail--My return to Ohio--Meeting the clairvoyant doctor--How I fooled him--Quail, twelve dollars a dozen--The doctor loses his appetite.