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Come along ! '' She made no comment on what she saw at the store , but for the remainder of the forenoon she was very busy . In spite of the partners ' protests , in fact paying no more attention to those perturbed men of business than if they were flies to be brushed aside when bothersome , she went ahead , arranging , rearranging , dusting , writing price tickets , lettering placards , doing all sorts of things , and waiting on customers in the intervals . At noon , when she and her Uncle Zoeth left for home and dinner , she announced herself in a measure satisfied . `` Of course there is a great deal to do yet , '' she said , `` but the stock looks a little more as if it were meant to sell and less as if it were heaped up ready to be carted off and buried . '' That afternoon the store of Hamilton and Company was visited by a goodly number of South Harniss residents . That evening there were more .