"Three hundred dollars!" was another offer that immediately came in.
"That is far below the value!" shouted the auctioneer. "Remember, all
this money we get for licensing the saloon will go for charity or to
help educate and civilise the people!"
Thousands upon thousands cheered to the echo, while the wicked
auctioneer and his allies were highly pleased at the spectacle.
"Three hundred, three hundred! Altogether too low a sum for so great
a privilege!"
"Five hundred dollars!" cried the authorities of another state.
"Going at five hundred, five hundred, five hundred!" rapidly and
hilariously yelled the auctioneer, and the crowd cheered lustily.
"Still going at five hundred, five hundred! Who'll give six hundred?
First, second, and last warning, and sold at five hundred dollars to
the state represented by yonder group of delegates!"
Thus the program continued, and the right to sell liquor under
respectability was sold at varying prices. Mr. World and Miss
Church-Member left long before the auction was ended. They paused not
at the other centers where Satan's agents were selling their worthless
and death-dealing merchandize to the children of men.
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