Whether sea-going people were short of money about that time , or were short of faith and preferred cork jackets , I do n’t know ; all I know is , that there was but one solitary bidding bid , and that was from an attorney connected with the bill-broking business , who offered offer two pounds in cash , and the balance in sherry , but declined decline to be guaranteed from drowning on any higher bargain .

You certainly do not know the value of the article you are bidding bid on .

On March 3 , 1866 , Powell and I packed pack his provisions on two of our burros , and bidding bid me good-bye he mounted mount his horse , and started start down the mountainside toward the valley , across which led the first stage of his journey .