But she certainly spoiled the 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 `` one-horse affair . '' 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 . 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 . `` There 's Marthy Blair with the Garland Baby , '' said Robert Lawson to Pa. . `` I 'd like to know what 's to become of that poor young one ! '' `` Ai n't there any of the father 's or mother 's folks to take him ? '' asked Pa. . `` No . Horace had no relatives that anybody ever heard of . Mrs. Horace had a brother ; but he went to Mantioba years ago , and nobody knows where he is now .
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