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Chapter III. Wee Question Of Fortune: Four-fifty A Week

           Sometimeshespentinwanderingupanddown,thinkingtoencounterthebuildingsbychance,soreadilyisthemind,bentuponprosecutingahardbutneedfulerrand,easedbythatself-deceptionwhichthesemblanceofsearch,withoutthereality,gives.Atlastsheinquiredofapoliceofficer,andwasdirectedtoproceed“twoblocksup,”whereshewouldfind“TheFair.”

           Thenatureofthesevastretailcombinations,shouldtheyeverpermanentlydisappear,willformaninterestingchapterinthecommercialhistoryofournation.Suchafloweringoutofamodesttradeprincipletheworldhadneverwitnesseduptothattime.Theywerealongthelineofthemosteffectiveretailorganisation,withhundredsofstorescoordinatedintooneandlaidoutuponthemostimposingandeconomicbasis.Theywerehandsome,bustling,successfulaffairs,withahostofclerksandaswarmofpatrons.Carriepassedalongthebusyaisles,muchaffectedbytheremarkabledisplaysoftrinkets,dressgoods,stationery,andjewelry.Eachseparatecounterwasashowplaceofdazzlinginterestandattraction.Shecouldnothelpfeelingtheclaimofeachtrinketandvaluableuponherpersonally,andyetshedidnotstop.Therewasnothingtherewhichshecouldnothaveused—nothingwhichshedidnotlongtoown.Thedaintyslippersandstockings,thedelicatelyfrilledskirtsandpetticoats,thelaces,ribbons,hair-combs,purses,alltouchedherwithindividualdesire,andshefeltkeenlythefactthatnotanyofthesethingswereintherangeofherpurchase.

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