The Long Hill.

—, ECEMBER had come, and as yet there
10} had been very little snow. The
boys said it was “a mean winter ;
no snow, no ice, ne sliding down hill,
no skating ; it was too bad!” This was
the way the boys talked.
But one Saturday morning, Mr. and
Mrs. Playford were awakened very
early, by shouts and screams of delight,

and pretty soon the boys came leaping