`` They are not going around until next Saturday and it will be too late by then , '' said Anne firmly . `` The novelty will be worn off . Lorenzo White is dreadfully mean but he will subscribe to ANYTHING just now . We must n't let such a golden opportunity slip , Diana . '' The result justified Anne 's foresight . Mr. White met them in the yard , beaming like the sun upon an Easter day . When Anne asked for a subscription he agreed enthusiastically . `` Certain , certain . Just put me down for a dollar more than the highest subscription you 've got . '' `` That will be five dollars ... Mr. Daniel Blair put down four , '' said Anne , half afraid . But Lorenzo did not flinch . `` Five it is ... and here 's the money on the spot . Now , I want you to come into the house . There 's something in there worth seeing ... something very few people have seen as yet . Just come in and pass YOUR opinion . '' `` What will we say if the baby is n't pretty ? '' whispered Diana in trepidation as they followed the excited Lorenzo into the house . `` Oh , there will certainly be something else nice to say about it , '' said Anne easily . `` There always is about a baby . '' The baby WAS pretty , however , and Mr. White felt that he got his five dollars ' worth of the girls ' honest delight over the plump little newcomer .
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