Here it is." Andy no sooner saw the skates than his face brightened up with the most evident satisfaction.
"It's just what I wanted," he said, joyfully.

"They're regular beauties! I'm ever so much obliged to you." "Sophia wanted to get you a pair of spectacles, but I thought these would suit you better." Andy went off into a fit of laughter at the idea, in which both the ladies joined him.

Then, after thanking them again, he hurried home, hardly knowing which gave him greater pleasure, his own present, or his mother's.
I will not stop to describe Andy's Christmas, for this is only a retrospect, but carry my reader forward to the next September, when Andy met with an adventure, which eventually had a considerable effect upon his fortunes..