"Whatever it is, if it's nothing that I want for myself I'll bid it up as high against them as I can.

For, of course, they've pooled their funds for whatever they want to get.

They can't put in more than a quarter apiece, so a dollar and a half is all I have to beat.

I'll wager they already suspect that I'm here just to make things come higher for them.

I hope they do suspect!" It was just after the Fourth of July.