When they entered it Abe lay at full length on the counter, his head resting on a bolt of blue denim as he studied a book in his hand.

He wore the same shirt and one suspender and linsey trousers which he had worn in the dooryard of the tavern, but his feet were covered only by his blue yarn socks.
It was a general store full of exotic flavors, chiefly those of tea, coffee, whisky, tobacco, muscovado sugar and molasses.

There was a counter on each side.

Bolts of cloth, mostly calico, were piled on the far end of the right counter as one entered and the near end held a show case containing a display of cutlery, pewter spoons, jewelry and fishing tackle.

There were double windows on either side of the rough board door with its wooden latch.