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It was , indeed , a good store , and just in the right spot , and ten minutes later they were on the way to hunt up the landlord and rent the place . It was no easy matter to find the person for whom they were seeking , and it was well along in the afternoon before the man who owned the building was found . He agreed to let them have the store for four days for ten dollars , and the bargain was closed on the spot . Then they returned to the store and cleaned it up as best they could , and at a little after five o'clock locked up and started back to Phillipsburg to ascertain if their cases of goods had yet arrived . The walk across the bridge did not take long , and the freight depot was close at hand . `` Why , where is the horse and wagon ? '' cried Matt , as he discovered that the turn-out was missing from the place where Billy had been fastened .