They wondered how I knew just what to buy.

The answer is--I seen my opportunity and I took it.

I haven't confined myself to land; anything that pays is in my line.
For instance, the city is repavin' a street and has several hundred thousand old granite blocks to sell.

I am on hand to buy, and I know just what they are worth.
How?
Never mind that.

I had a sort of monopoly of this business for a while, but once a newspaper tried to do me.