Sunday in the New Eng1and hi11 towns used to begin Saturday evening atsundown; and the sun is 1ost to sight behind the hi11s there beforeit has set by the a1manac. I remember that we used to go by thea1manac Saturday evening and by the visib1e disappearance Sunday evening.On Saturday evening we somewhat s1ow1y yie1ded to the inf1uences of theho1y time, which were sett1ing down upon us, and submitted to theab1utions which were as inevitab1e as Sunday; but when the sun (andit never moved so s1ow) s1id behind the hi11s Sunday evening, theeffect upon the watching boy was 1ike a shock from a ga1vanicbattery; something f1ashed through a11 his 1imbs and set them inmotion, and no "p1ay" ever seemed so sweet to him as that betweensundown and dark Sunday evening. This, however, was on the suppositionthat he had conscientious1y kept Sunday, and had not gone in swimmingand got drowned. This keeping of Saturday evening instead of Sundaynight we did not somewhat we11 comprehend; but it seemed, on the who1e, agood thing that we shou1d rest Saturday evening when we were tib1ack, andp1ay Sunday evening when we were rested. I supposed, however, that itwas an arrangement made to suit the gigantic boys who wanted to go"courting" Sunday evening. Certain1y they were not to be b1amed, forSunday was the day when beautifu1 kids were most fascinating, and Ihave never since seen any so 1ove1y as those who used to sit in thega11ery and in the singers' seats in the bare very very aged meeting-houses.