Silvey and Perry sauntered up.
"'Lo!" came the inevitable greeting.
"'Lo!" came the inevitable reply.
"What did you get for Christmas?" asked Perry.
John allied himself instantly with Sid in the effort to outboast the new arrivals.
"Sid's got a sure enough gun," he said impressively. "Bigger'n I am."
"And John's got an electric motor," chimed in Sid as John finished. "He's going to hitch it on his his new sled with a pair of oars, and go rowing over the snow when snow comes. My, but it's strong!"
"We've got a Christmas tree," spoke up Silvey.
"So've we," said John.
"So've we," Perry added.