Junkman

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Laura Lee Hope,  Six little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's

“ Up he sat on the seat of the junkman's wagon, holding the reins as he had helped Russ or Laddie hold the reins on the big dog Alexis, who pulled the six little Bunkers in the express wagon.
"This is fun!" said Mun Bun.
The horse slowly walked along. Junkmen's horses hardly ever run. There are several reasons for this.
In the first place, a junkman's horse goes slowly because the junkman is never in a hurry. He wants to look at the houses on each side of the street to see if any one is [134] going to call him in to sell him paper, rags, old bottles, rubber boots or broken stoves.
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Source: Gutenberg

Charles S. Brooks,  There's Pippins and Cheese to Come

“ The crook of a hungry finger will bring him to a stand. Or a junkman is below upon his business. Yesterday the bells upon his cart would have sounded sour, but this morning they rattle agreeably, as though a brisker cow than common, springtime in her hoofs, were jangling to her pasture. At the sound—if you are of country training—you see yourself, somewhat misty through the years, barefoot in a grassy lane, with stick in hand, urging the gentle beast. There is a subtle persuasion in the junkman's call. In these tones did the magician, bawling for old lamps, beguile Aladdin. ”
Source: Gutenberg

Portrait of Rog Phillips Rog Phillips,  The Cosmic Junkman

“ Stella pronounced the name. Her wide-set blue eyes showed scorn. "The man who is going to kill one of my men and destroy my ship and its cargo just to get at a robot."
"Just to get at a robot?" Wilson said indignantly. "You must be out of your head!" He picked up an oblong of paper on his desk and thrust it at Larry. "The junkship has been traced three hundred million miles out by routine radar. You can pick it up from there by ion tracking—we hope. Don't take any chances. Destroy that ship!" His lips trembled. "Even if the pilot is still on it. It's one life against...."
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Source: Gutenberg

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