"Two dollars I'm bid.

Who says ten?
Now, do wake up, friends!" But the bidding lagged.
"This beautiful war canoe!" cried the auctioneer desperately.
"It was the pride of the show.

A real Indian canoe, equipped with gunwale seats and six Indian paddles.

And only two dollars offered.

Gentlemen, do I hear three?
No! Last call! It's pitiful---two dollars!" Dick Prescott and all his friends were now in the seventh heaven of prospective delight.