Parkney,
and they carried some of Harriet's famous chicken soup with them.
"Harriet always sends some to my friends when they are sick," explained
Mother Horton to Mrs. Parkney and, of course, when she said that, no
one could feel they were being offered charity.
While Mother and Grandma Horton were visiting Mrs. Parkney, Sunny Boy
and Grandpa Horton went downtown to buy the skates for Bob. They spent
a long time in the shop, looking at the skates and asking the clerk
questions, and finally they bought a beautiful pair of skates "on
shoes" of the best leather. The clerk put them in a box and told Sunny
Boy he was carrying home the best skates in the store.
"I hope Bob will like them," said Sunny Boy, skipping along beside
Grandpa Horton. "Oh, look, here comes the other grandpa!"
The tall old gentleman coming toward them saw Sunny Boy, and smiled.
He stopped and held out his hand.
"Well, if it isn't my little ice-pond friend!" he said cordially. "Did
you catch cold from those wet feet?"
He shook hands with Grandpa Horton, and Sunny Boy answered that he had
not taken cold and asked if he had "found his little girl?"
"Oh, yes, thank you, Adele turned up safe and sound and smiling,"
replied Adele's grandfather. "By the way, I think friends should at
least know each other's names. I am Judge Layton."
"I am Arthur B. Horton," answered Sunny Boy's grandpa. "This is my
grandson and namesake, called Sunny Boy for convenience.
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