Nevertheless, in spite of these favorable commercial conditions, the market seemed dull.
"I can show you a fine quality of sheeting at four cents a yard, double width," said the boy, rising and leaning on his fingers on the counter as he had seen the shopmen do.

"All wool and will wash," he added, with easy gravity.
"I can buy it cheaper at Jackson's," said the girl, with the intuitive duplicity of her bargaining sex.
"Very well," said the boy.

"I won't play any more." "Who cares ?" said the girl indifferently.

The boy here promptly upset the counter; the rolled-up blanket which had deceitfully represented the desirable sheeting falling on the wagon floor.

It apparently suggested a new idea to the former salesman.