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them worth mentioning,) were hand-
somer than mine. Daniel hinted at this
fact. I hinted as plainly, and perhaps a
little more plainly, that he was mistaken,
if he thought so.

Daniel appealed to Peter. Peter
thought if there was any difference, it
was certainly in favor of Daniel’s skates.
‘There, there,’ said Daniel, «Peter
says my skates are handsomer than
yours ;”” and he laughed, and his black
eyes, I thought, had a roguish twinkle
about them, which meant more than he
dared to speak with his lips. I was
angry. ‘The words I said had but three
letters each, and there were only three