Dan, The Newsboy
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CHAPTER XIII. ALTHEA.

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 As the lady entered the room a little girl, with an expression of joy, ran from the window from which she had been looking, and took her hand.
 
"I'm so glad you've got home, auntie," she said. "I got tired of being alone."
 
"I staid away longer than I intended, Althea," said the lady. "I was afraid you would feel lonely."
 
"I was very lonely. I wanted to go out into the hall and play with a little girl that lives in the next room, but I thought you wouldn't find me."
 
"I am glad you did not. I have brought you a playfellow, Althea."
 
This drew the little girl's attention to Dan. Unlike most girls of her age, she was not bashful.
 
"What is his name?" she asked.
 
"Dan."
 
"What a funny name! Are you going to live with us, Dan?"
 
"You are coming to live with me," said Dan, smiling.
 
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"Will you be my brother?"
 
"Yes."
 
"And will you play with me?"
 
"Sometimes."
 
"I think I shall like you. You are nice-looking," said Althea, in a matter-of-fact tone.
 
Dan blushed. He found the compliment agreeable, though it came from a little girl.
 
"So are you, Althea," he said.
 
"I don't think I am," said Althea. "I've black hair, and my skin is dark. You have nice brown hair, and are whiter than I am."
 
"Some like dark people best," suggested Dan.
 
"I don't. I asked auntie to buy me a big cake of soap to wash the brown off, but it wouldn't come."
 
Dan smiled. He thought the bright, vivacious1 little face, with the brilliant dark eyes, pretty, though Althea did not.
 
"You will like to live with Dan, my dear?" said her aunt, inquiringly.
 
"Yes, if you come, too."
 
"But I can't."
 
"Why, not, auntie?"
 
"I have got to go away—on business."
 
Althea looked disappointed.
 
"I don't want you to go away, auntie," she said. "Dan and I can't live alone."

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1 vivacious Dp7yI     
adj.活泼的，快活的
参考例句：
  • She is an artless,vivacious girl.她是一个天真活泼的女孩。
  • The picture has a vivacious artistic conception.这幅画气韵生动。
2 confidingly 5bd41445bb4f60819825713e4d46e324     
adv.信任地
参考例句：
  • She watched him confidingly and without any fear, faintly wagging her tail. 木木信任地望着自己最新近的主人，不但没有畏惧，还轻轻地摇着尾巴。 来自互联网
3 afterward fK6y3     
adv.后来；以后
参考例句：
  • Let's go to the theatre first and eat afterward. 让我们先去看戏，然后吃饭。
  • Afterward,the boy became a very famous artist.后来，这男孩成为一个很有名的艺术家。
4 remit AVBx2     
v.汇款，汇寄；豁免（债务），免除（处罚等）
参考例句：
  • I hope you'll remit me the money in time.我希望你能及时把钱汇寄给我。
  • Many immigrants regularly remit money to their families.许多移民定期给他们的家人汇款。
5 considerably 0YWyQ     
adv.极大地；相当大地；在很大程度上
参考例句：
  • The economic situation has changed considerably.经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
  • The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。
6 awe WNqzC     
n.敬畏，惊惧；vt.使敬畏，使惊惧
参考例句：
  • The sight filled us with awe.这景色使我们大为惊叹。
  • The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

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