'LINA'S PURCHASE AND HUGH'S There were piles of handsome dress goods upon the counter at Harney's that afternoon, and Harney was anxious to sell.

It was not always that he favored a customer with his own personal services, and 'Lina felt proportionably flattered when he came forward and asked what he could show her.

Of course, a dress for the party--he had sold at least a dozen that day, but fortunately he still had the most elegant pattern of all, and he knew it would exactly suit her complexion and style.
Deluded 'Lina! Richard Harney, the wealthy bachelor merchant, did not mean one word he said.

He had tried to sell that dress a dozen times, and been as often refused, no one caring just then to pay fifty dollars for a dress which could only be worn on great occasions.

But 'Lina was easily flattered, while the silk was beautiful.