148 PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS.

Daniel ; that my father recollecting,
after the boys had left for the pond, that
Daniel had no skates, went over to the
store and bought a pair for him, so that
he could enjoy the sport as well as I.
‘““As soon as he had bought them,”
Peter went on, “he came into the
kitchen, where I was reading Robinson
Crusoe, and said, ‘Run, Peter, run to
the pond, as fast as you can go, and take
these skates to Daniel.’ So I ran all the
way, sure enough, and I never was so
tired in my life.”” And the fellow panted
for breath, as you have sometimes seen
a great fat man do, when he had walked
up three or four flights of stairs.