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are you glad that you are going to have the fine skates?" she asked, a little twinkle in her eyes.

Charley laughed merrily at the remembrance of Uncle Fred's surprise. "Of course I am," he said, brightly; "but I'm a thousand times gladder that I have found out about understanding, and how to use Christian Science to make things come right. The skates don't count for as much as that."

"No," said Mamma, kissing him, tenderly, "the skates don't count for nearly so much as that."