not feel like asking folks to buy her wares. The night before, as



she lay thinking about her business, it had all seemed very easy

to her; but now it was quite a different thing. No one seemed to



take any notice of her, or to feel the least interest in the

great mission she had undertaken. But Katy was aware that it



requires some effort in these days to sell goods, and she must

work; she must ask people to buy her candy.



There was a nice-looking gentleman, with a good-natured face,

coming down the street, and she resolved to make a beginning with



him. He couldn't say much more than no to her, and she placed

herself in a position to accost him. But when he came near



enough, her courage all oozed out, and she let him pass without

speaking to him.



"What a fool I am!" exclaimed she to herself when he had passed.

"I shall never do anything in this way. There comes another



gentleman who looks as though he had a sweet tooth; at any rate,

he seems as good-natured as a pound of sugar. I will certainly



try him."

Her heart pounded against her ribs as though it had been worked



by a forty-horse engine--poor girl. It was a great taking" target="_blank" title="n.任务；事业；计划">undertaking to

her; quite as great as taking a six-story granite warehouse,



piling it full of merchandise from cellar to attic, and

announcing himself as ready for business, to a child of a larger



growth. Everything seemed to hang on the issues of that

tremendous moment.



"Buy some candy?" said she, in tremulous tones, her great,

swelling heart almost choking her utterance.



"No, child. I don't want any," replied the gentleman, kindly, as

he glanced at the tray on which the candy had been so invitingly



spread.

"It is very nice," stammered Katy; "and perhaps your children at



home would like some, if you do not."

Bravo, Katy! That was very well done, though the gentleman was an



old bachelor, and could not appreciate the full force of your

argument.



"Are you sure it is very nice?" asked the gentleman, with a

benevolent smile, when he had laughed heartily at Katy's jumping



conclusion.

"I know it is," replied the little candy merchant, very



positively.

"Then you may give me six sticks;" and he threw a fourpence on



her tray.

Six sticks! Katy was astonished at the magnitude of her first



commercial transaction. Visions of wealth, a fine house, and silk

dresses for her mother and herself, danced through her excited



brain, and she thought that her grandfather, the great Liverpool

merchant, would not have been ashamed of her if he had been



present to witness that magnificent operation.

"Have you any paper to wrap it up in?" asked the gentleman.



Here was an emergency for which Katy had not provided. Her

grandest expectations had not extended beyond the sale of one



stick at a time, and she was not prepared for such a rush of

trade. However, she tore off a piece from one of the white sheets



at the bottom of the tray, wrapped up the six sticks as nicely as

she could, and handed them to the gentleman, who then left her to



find another customer.

Katy, elated by her first success, ran home as fast as she could



to procure some more white paper, of which she had a dozen sheets

that had been given her by a friend. It was in the back room, so



that she did not disturb her mother, choosing to astonish her

with the whole story of her success at noon.



CHAPTER VIII.

KATY SELLS OUT AND VISITS THE MAYOR.



Katy reached Washington Street once more. She had lost all her

timidity, and would not have feared to accost the governor, if



she had met him, and request him to purchase a cent's worth of

molasses candy.



"Buy some candy?" said she to the first person who passed near

her.



"No!" was the prompt and emphatic answer of the gentleman

addressed.



"It is very nice," suggested Katy.

"Get out of my may," growled the gentleman, and the little candy



merchant deemed it prudent to heed the command.

She was nettled by this rude reception, and would have been



disposed to resent it, if there had been any way for her to do

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• encounter [in´kauntə] vt.&n.偶然相遇；冲突 (初中英语单词)


• conclusion [kən´klu:ʒən] n.结束；结论；推论 (初中英语单词)


• insult [in´sʌlt, ´insʌlt] n.&vt.侮辱；损害 (初中英语单词)


• violent [´vaiələnt] a.强暴的；猛烈的 (初中英语单词)


• wicked [´wikid] a.邪恶的；不道德的 (初中英语单词)


• hunger [´hʌŋgə] n.饥饿；渴望 (初中英语单词)


• thirst [θə:st] n.渴，口渴；渴望 (初中英语单词)


• whatever [wɔt´evə] pron.&a.无论什么 (初中英语单词)


• safely [´seifli] ad.安全地；平安地 (初中英语单词)


• severe [si´viə] a.严厉的；苛刻的 (初中英语单词)


• disgrace [dis´greis] n.耻辱 vt.玷辱；贬黜 (初中英语单词)


• achieve [ə´tʃi:v] vt.完成；达到；获得 (初中英语单词)


• triumph [´traiəmf] n.胜利 vi.得胜，战胜 (初中英语单词)


• keeper [´ki:pə] n.管理人；看守；保管人 (初中英语单词)


• grandfather [´grænd,fɑ:ðə] n.(外)祖父；祖先 (初中英语单词)


• ashamed [ə´ʃeimd] a.惭愧；不好意思 (初中英语单词)


• conscious [´kɔnʃəs] a.意识的；自觉的 (初中英语单词)


• commerce [´kɔmə:s] n.商业；社交；交流 (初中英语单词)


• seriously [´siəriəsli] ad.严肃；严重，重大 (初中英语单词)


• enterprise [´entəpraiz] n.企业；雄心；胆识 (初中英语单词)


• pursue [pə´sju:] v.追赶；追踪；从事 (初中英语单词)


• liberal [´libərəl] a.大方的 n.开明的人 (初中英语单词)


• mission [´miʃən] n.代表团；使馆vt.派遣 (初中英语单词)


• beginning [bi´giniŋ] n.开始，开端；起源 (初中英语单词)


• cellar [´selə] n.地窑，地下室 (初中英语单词)


• appreciate [ə´pri:ʃieit] v.评价；珍惜；感激 (初中英语单词)


• wealth [welθ] n.财富，财产 (初中英语单词)


• witness [´witnis] n.见证人 vt.目击 (初中英语单词)


• magnificent [mæg´nifisənt] a.壮丽的；豪华的 (初中英语单词)


• nicely [naisli] ad.恰好地；谨慎地 (初中英语单词)


• procure [prə´kjuə] v.获得；完(达)成；实现 (初中英语单词)


• disturb [di´stə:b] vt.扰乱；使不安；打乱 (初中英语单词)


• astonish [ə´stɔniʃ] vt.使惊讶；使惊异 (初中英语单词)


• governor [´gʌvənə] n.总督；州长 (初中英语单词)


• violently [´vaiələntli] ad.强暴地；猛烈地 (高中英语单词)


• expectation [,ekspek´teiʃən] n.期待(望)；预期 (高中英语单词)


• resent [ri´zent] vt.不满于；怨恨；忿恨 (高中英语单词)


• naughty [´nɔ:ti] a.顽皮的；下流的 (高中英语单词)


• crowded [´kraudid] a.充(拥)满了的 (高中英语单词)


• solitude [´sɔlitju:d] n.孤独；寂寞；荒凉 (高中英语单词)


• chamber [´tʃeimbə] n.房间；议院；会议室 (高中英语单词)


• assail [ə´seil] vt.猛击；困扰 (高中英语单词)


• thankful [´θæŋkfəl] a.感激的；欣慰的 (高中英语单词)


• grocery [´grəusəri] n.食品杂货店 (高中英语单词)


• generosity [,dʒenə´rɔsiti] n.慷慨；慷慨的行为 (高中英语单词)


• undertaking [,ʌndə´teikiŋ] n.任务；事业；计划 (高中英语单词)


• granite [´grænit] n.花岗岩 (高中英语单词)


• merchandise [´mə:tʃəndaiz] n.商品 v.经商 (高中英语单词)


• bachelor [´bætʃələ] n.未婚男子；学士 (高中英语单词)


• heartily [´hɑ:tili] ad.衷心地；亲切地 (高中英语单词)


• emergency [i´mə:dʒənsi] n.事变；紧急关头 (高中英语单词)


• prompt [prɔmpt] a.敏捷的 vt.促使 (高中英语单词)


• prudent [´pru:dənt] a.谨慎的；精明的 (高中英语单词)


• reception [ri´sepʃən] n.接待；欢迎；招待会 (高中英语单词)


• unkind [,ʌn´kaind] a.不客气的；不和善的 (英语四级单词)


• trying [´traiiŋ] a.难堪的；费劲的 (英语四级单词)


• liverpool [´livəpu:l] n.利物浦 (英语四级单词)


• scrape [skreip] v.&n.刮，削，擦；搔 (英语四级单词)


• good-natured [´gud-´neitʃəd] a.脾气好的，温厚的 (英语四级单词)


• resolved [ri´zɔlvd] a.决心的；坚定的 (英语四级单词)


• magnitude [´mægnitju:d] n.宏大；重要性；大小 (英语四级单词)


• calling [´kɔ:liŋ] n.点名；职业；欲望 (英语六级单词)


• departed [di´pɑ:tid] a.已往的；已故的 (英语六级单词)


• taking [´teikiŋ] a.迷人的 n.捕获物 (英语六级单词)


• tremulous [´tremjuləs] a.发抖的；震颤的 (英语六级单词)


• extended [iks´tendid] a.伸长的；广大的 (英语六级单词)


• emphatic [im´fætik] a.强调的；断然的 (英语六级单词)