MY APOLOGY

After finishing all that I had intended for publication in my book
entitled “The Auctioneer’s Guide,” I was advised by a few of my most
intimate friends to add a sketch of my own life to illustrate what had
been set forth in its pages.

This for the sole purpose of stimulating those who may have been for
years “pulling hard against the stream,” unable, perhaps, to ascertain
where they properly belong, and possibly on the verge of giving up all
hope, because of failure, after making repeated honest efforts to
succeed.

The sketch when prepared proved of such magnitude that it was deemed
advisable to make it a separate volume. Hence, the “Twenty Years of
Hus’ling.”

J. P. Johnston.

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