Every thing put up was sold to advantage, though the smaller articles brought the best prices.
The harmonica, which had cost me twenty-five cents, caused the liveliest bidding, and was finally knocked down to a cowboy for eighty cents.
The foreman secured a nice comb and brush at a bargain, and was so well pleased with the music he invited us to take supper with him, and to play the harmonica again for him and his wife.
About nine o'clock that night a freight train stopped in Gila City, which we boarded with our grips and easily beat to Yuma.
Yuma has a population of 7,000 Indians, Mexicans and Americans, and like Bisbee, gambling forms a part of the revenue of the saloons.
I gave Allen the signal to stop, and opening up both our grips, began auctioneering
off small articles of clothing.
Most of the houses in Yuma are built of wood or brick, though there are a good many adobe houses occupied by the poorer classes.