“Have you any calico like this?”
“Yes, sir,” said he. “Third counter to the right.”
I went to the third counter to the right, and showed my sample to the salesman in attendance there. He looked at it on both sides. Then he said:
“We haven’t any of this.”
“I was told you had,” said I.
“We had it, but we’re out of it now. You’ll get that goods at an upholsterer’s.”
I went across the street to an upholsterer’s.
“Have you any stuff like this?” I asked.
“No,” said the salesman, “we haven’t. Is it for furniture?”
“Yes,” I replied.