"I don't suppose you do," laughed Dan. "Never mind. Cheer up,
Elizabeth, I will give you a dictionary on your birthday."
"No, you won't, 'cause you won't have money enough," said Betty; "and— and I wouldn't accept it if you got it."
"I'll leave you my old one when I go to school, and I advise you to study it well before you go to Miss Richards's. It may save you from putting your foot in it sometimes."
"I wonder," said Betty, with a sudden thought, "if it would tell me what self-confidence is?"
"I can tell you that," said Dan. "Why do you want to know?"
"Oh—oh, because—but tell me first what it means, and then I will tell you—perhaps."
"Well, it means—oh—you know—"
"No, I don't; and—and I don't believe you do either," nodding her head very knowingly at her brother.
"Yes, I do," cried Dan hotly. "It means having a too jolly good opinion of yourself, and thinking you can do anything. Now, tell me why you wanted to know."
But Betty was walking away with her head held very high, and her cheeks very red. "I think it is quite time you started for the station to meet Aunt Pike and Anna," she called back over her shoulder.