They were handsome, bustling, successful affairs, with a host of clerks and a swarm of patrons.

Carrie passed along the busy aisles, much affected by the remarkable displays of trinkets, dress goods, stationery, and jewelry.

Each separate counter was a show place of dazzling interest and attraction.

She could not help feeling the claim of each trinket and valuable upon her personally, and yet she did not stop.

There was nothing there which she could not have used--nothing which she did not long to own.