"Why, that isn't the right kind of red!" said I.
"No, not exactly," said she; "but it looks nicer than your sample."
"That may be," said I, "but, you see, I want it to look like this piece. There is something already made of this kind of calico which needs to be enlarged or fixed or something. I want some calico of the same shade."
The girl made no answer, but took down another roll of cloth.
"That's the right color," said she.
"Yes," I answered, "but it is striped."
"Stripes are worn more than anything else in calicoes," said she.
"Yes, but this isn't to be worn,” I said. “It's for a piece of furniture, I think. At any rate, I want perfectly plain material, to go with something already in use."
"Well, I don't think you can find it perfectly plain unless you get Turkey red," she said.
"What is Turkey red?" I asked.
"Turkey red is perfectly plain in calicoes," she answered.
"Well, let me see some."
"We haven't any Turkey red calico left," she said, "but we have some very nice plain calicoes in other colors."
"I don't want any other color. I want cloth to go with this."
"It's hard to find low-cost calico like that," she said. And so I left her.
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I next went into a store a few doors up the street. I gave a salesman my sample, and asked:"Have you any calico like this?"
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