| Vol. III.—No. 118. | Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. | price four cents. |
| Tuesday, January 31, 1882. | Copyright, 1882, by Harper & Brothers. | $1.50 per Year, in Advance. |
THE LITTLE SLEEPERS.THE LONGEST DAY IN THE YEAR.
BY EMILY HUNTINGTON MILLER.
I don't know, what the almanac man said about it, but Dan said it wasthe longest; and Dan was certainly the one who understood the matterbest.
It began pretty much like other days, only that there was a heavy fog,and Dan knew that it was bad weather for haying, and tip-top forfishing. He made up his mind to go fishing. Perhaps if his mind had notbeen already made up, he would not have minded it so much when hisfather said at the breakfast table:
"We must get the scythes in good order, so's to take a fair start at thelower meadow to-morrow. Don't let me have to waste time hunting afteryou, Daniel, when I'm ready to go at it."
Daniel's appetite was gone at once. How he hated to turn that heavycreaking old grindstone! and how sure his father was to find a dozenthings to do first, a