PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS. 149

Could it be possible? Daniel and I
both were equally surprised. Neither
of us had thought of the possibility of
_ such a state of things. Neither was pre-
pared for it. Daniel waselated. As for
me, it would be difficult to tell how I
felt, though I am quite sure I did not
feel right. When we got over our as-
tonishment a little, so as to be able to
speak, we began to “< compare notes”
together.

[t soon became evident how matters
stood. Daniel’s skates, (so he really
thought them, though it is very doubtful,
were he to see the two pairs together
now, if he could see any difference in