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It is still a generous day in the Blue Ridge countryside. November is politely hanging back to allow the black gum and chestnut oaks a ft ■ more days of glory. The gray ' y uirns to a soft drizzle and tht .hite under-belly look of birch bark begins to show under its thinning leaves. Some signs along the road point out Auction Today, and following the arrows you arrive at a white farmhouse on a secluded country lane. Only a few apples cling to the trees in the bedraggled orchard beside it. The old barn’s silver-weathered boards can be seen again since the summer vines are bare. A dogwood tree glistens with shiny red berries and deep burgundy leaves in the yard. On the driveway gate is a lopsided Beware of the Dog sign, hanging by one nail.
Cars are parked up and down the road, but the crowd is small, bobbing around under umbrellas, or hunching up shoulders in a vain attempt to ward off neck trickles. Customers poke about in a familiar way among the family possessions, handling the years casually with the wom spots they encounter.
The auctioneer begins his labors in the shed out of the rain. For fifty cents you can buy a barrel with a pitchfork and an Old Grandad bottle inside! In rapid order, a cast iron stove, a box overflowing with harness, three
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