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April 1, 1882.
not believe in making an animal exert
itself iiiiiieeessarily, and always rode at
a jog trot. l
Jouncer was found to he comfortable ,
and in good condition, and as Phil look- l
ed at iim as he was gra'1.ingin a little ,
addock hack ol' the ham, he made up I
iis Illlllll that he would ride the nohle
heast, next day, to town, to see .IIr.Wel-
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He had never mounted Jouncer, ex-i
cept for very short rides on the place.‘
and liisowii lio ,I(it, could he hrouglit
up 1‘roni the p: lure just as well as not;
but it seemed to him that in order to .
suitably represent his uncle. it would he l
the proper thing for liiin to have his ini- ,
clo‘s horse. ‘
Joel, the hired man, was full of eager-
Mr. Bcrkclo
tlcparturc,
I heard sonietl
szitislied him 2:
doavoring besides to fully iniprvss upon
his mind the nature of the trust his .
uncle had imposed upon hinisiil .
Joel thought it would have heeii iiincli
hcttor ii‘ .A[r. Berkeley had let! the man-
agement of the farm to him, but he was
a cautiinis fellow and said nothing.
After dinner, which, My-[lie-“IQ, Phil
did not consider quite as good a meal as
usual, he went into the parlor to think
over what he should say to Mr. Welford
when he went to see him the next day. l
The iarlor u an immense rooni, -
very seldom used; but Phil thought it
uiet and cool, and a very suitable place l
tora person in his position to spend a l
little time alter dinner. l‘
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He seated himself in adargc arm-
chair, but he had not cogitated more
than two or three minutes b ire
then a great knock at the door.
usan was in tho dining-room, and she
hurried out to admit the visitor. As she
approached the front door, Phil heard
her exelaini. in tones of surprise:
“ VVhy, it's Chap W'clistor !"
Phil was very much surprised, too, for
this was the 'rst lime Chap harl ever ,
knocked at the front door. lIe generally ,
announced his 0l)llIin<r hy ll shout froni i
some point outside of the house.
“ Is the steward in ?" asked Chap.
“ The wli-at?" cried Susan.
Phil laughed, and wont to the parlor- i
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oor.
“ Come in here, Chap," he said; “ I‘m
In the parlor.”
oil‘ his hat, came in, and,
alter gazing around the spacious apart-
ment for a nioineiit, seated himself on a
sol
Susan (‘nrson stopped a nioment as she
passed the door.
“ In the parlor!" she ejaculated. “ Up-
on-niy-word!"
And then she walked severely down
into the kitchen. l
‘- Do you generally intend to sit in
here ?" asked Chap. “You never did
when your uncle was home."
“I could have, if 1 had wanted to,
said Phil.
“And of course you want to now," re-
marked his friend. “ Some things make
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“ Yes, I suppose thev do,’)"said Phil.
you, Phil I" cried
Chap, with gi ‘ “ I've 110611
considering this matter all the morning,
and I’vo come over to tell you what I've
thou-rht out. You can get eight-ounce
cartridges of giant powder iit Iloontown i
for twenty-live cents apiece. It’ I were
huy live, and then we can.go
down and blow up the wreck the first
night after we get them. It ouglit to he
done at night, so that the ilying tiuihers ;
wouldii‘t strike boats."
Phil burst out laughing. ,
“You old huniliiigl" he cried. “ Do
you suppose that the first thing I :llIl‘g()<
ing to do is to blow up that ancient
wreck ?” ‘
“ You might get thousands of dollars l
out I‘ it!" exelainicd Chap: “and I ‘
guess your uncle would -lie glad of
t iat."
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“’I‘lious:uids of splinters!" ext‘. iimed ‘
Phil. Wllut you necdii‘t think I‘mgo-
ing to do anything of that kind the min-
uto I take charge of things hero.“
“ ’l‘ako charge of tliings I“ repealed
Chap. “'l‘hat sounds large and lofty‘. ,
suppose you lecl like the lord of the
manor.
tell you what it is, my ‘
noble potcntate, you mustn‘t expect to l
look down too much on the neighboring I
barons."
“ It depends a good deal on the harons
whether I do that or not," said Phil.
“ Now, look here,“ said Chap, chang-
ing his tone; “ if you won’t blow up the
‘ gun, and a few
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wreck, will you go out alter miiskrats
to-niglit? Its a good moon, and I'll
hriiig my gun, and you can take Old
Ilriuleii."
Altar having refused hi.
inuch, Phil could not l"l ‘use so reasoii-
ahlea proposition a tin ‘, n he eoii-
sentctl to hunt niuskrats that night.
It is true, his uncle had not wished
him to go on an eicpedition, hut this
would he on the river-hank, right in
front of the house.
s friend so:
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Chap tliei-eiipoii departed, and, as he i
went out the hall-door, he iiiiittercd to
liinisi-ll':
“ One thing I do hope, and that is that
Phil won’t turn out to he a regular liiiin-
driiinist.”
Phil was very glad to think of liaving
a little sport that evening. Musk
were i‘i-equeiitly found on the IlV(‘,l'-l
bank, and their s ms were SIYIli(‘llIIll‘S
a source of a little private incomr‘ to the
hoys, who could get tweiity-tix eonis
apiooe for them in Pioontowii.
the com o ’ the al'torno4ni, Phil
went up st: the gun-room to gut
Old liI'lllll‘Il, so to eloaii it. in readi-
for the evvitii ‘s expedition. 'l'he
giin-room was .’i la )artnrent on one
of the upper (lo:-rs, the walls o
were full til‘ pegs and
pieces, game-l . an
outs of the sportsiiiaii: hut the
heen furni ll)ll,1lS h:id
,'n:illy intended. With the ex-
ception of Old lirudeii, his own little
ilzisks and poiiclics, l.lll‘.l'l’
ad never hcen anything on the walls
but pegs and hooks.
Old Mr. llerkolry had intended to he
:1. sportsinan, hut, heforc he could carry
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to
e , out his purpose, had beconie too intirni
to care ahout 1
Phil stepped up to the two pegs on
which Old Brnden had always hung.
when not in use' but, to his iittorania7.e-
ment, the gun w not there!
He could not llll(lBl'St21ll(l this at all.
It had been one of his nnclc‘s most iii-
llexihle rules that neither of the guns
were ever to he left ahout the house, lint
were aliva s, when hrought in, to he
taken to tl ‘
places.
(‘ould it he possihle his Uncle Hodfri '
had taken Old llruden with lg n? IIL-.
presentlv canie to the coneluson that
this mu. he the case, and yet he could
not iniagiuc wpgv iii the world his uncle
should want iake a gun with him.
“ins he going on a long tramp over the
country ?
Another thing
ofethe shot-pouclies or powder-Ila-i s
vgsre inissing. What was the good iii a
n it it ammunition.
"Iiut tlieso questions were too [lII7.'llIll‘.:
yard, Jenny came
with some eggs in her apron.
’ aid Phil, “did you see my
uncle go awav this inorniiig'?"
tor a inonieiit,
on.“
4101;, cxelainicd Phil, “of
th e ii," ,
course you saw him! Did he take ()ld
llrudcn with liini?“
“ He didn‘t tell me," said Jeniiy “not
' him go, though I don‘t
lint he
did tell me not to say lioiv or wln-n he
went, and if I say he went with a gun,
that would be telling how he went,
., .
wouldn‘t it . ,
“I suppose so," aid Phil.
want vou to disobey any order
And Jenn v passed on to the house.
After supper, Phil lay down on [lu-
canc-seatod settce in the hall,.to an it
l'or Chap. He did not expect lnni carlV'.
for the moon did not rise until aiior
eight o'clock, and it was of no use going
oiitat night after inusk rats, until that
luminary had lighted up i.ll(l‘I‘lVL'7‘-lltlllli.
Ho was just dropping oll‘ into a little
do'I.e, when Jenny, coining lroiu the
kitchen. ran to the settee.
haven't a minute
wIiisp(‘rt-il,
to light the lamp in our
coming right after lll(‘. ,
soinotliiiig. I (‘.aii‘l ‘ "IlI)'llHI1‘-!1l“""‘
it now, but to-morrow I‘ll tell you what
it is, Master Phil."
And away she ran.
Phil did not feel in tin‘ humor for
giiesising eoiiiiiidrunis. > if had had
enough ofthat Hort ol thnig ior one d:
and he strotelied hiinsell out again for
iinothor doze.
'I‘hi. time, he dropped into arlniipx
which lasted fifteen or twenty Ininiites,
‘-I
doift.
to stop,‘
s room and liung in their,
surprised him. None.
. hoholdl the sun (‘nine out
0 .
-t- e--:GOLD-EN DAYS -
from which he was aroused by footsteps
on lhi‘, ])()l'<'ll.
‘- (‘lime in,” cried Phil, jnniping up.
A person oiitert‘d, but he was not
Chapinan “’ohsi<‘r.
[T0 in: (‘(iNTl.Vl7I'.D.]
..‘g , , ,
ALL FOOLS’ DAY.
“All Fools‘ I y " isiiot, hyanynieans,
aday belonging exclusively to modern
times. Long liellii-L‘ it ii . observed in
I‘llI;:l2llIll, the lstot’ April was a da oi‘
revolryand use among the ancieiit
lonians, who (‘l)ll(‘llI4ll‘.il then their I
val of the “ llilari " a time when great
and small, niasiers and men, all de-
scondml to a lo (-1 of fully, and for the
time ht-ing iiirgol (llS[lllI3ll<Ill.‘G of rank
and position in zi ('UlIlIlI0ll revel.
We ran llIIl(')' the pranks which were
played on su ll Aw ions. How the ser.
vaiii. <lrt-,ssul as his iiiastcr, would turn
the lalilvs for l‘Il(‘.k‘ iii the way on his
lord, and give him a tasteof the hard-
ships of la nu ady
would have to ;.,ive up her chariot to her
lllilllli how the olioollioy would lead his
iu:.'ll‘r the Ii" of a very dog, and the
grave judges gladlytak -‘In-Jter from
s and lzuiglili-r of thin. awho ordi-
iawe of them.
‘ what happened at the
end of urh ft-sii als: whether, when the
fun was all over, the niaster tlogged his
man, or the inistrns scolded lH‘I‘l ,
or the sohoolinastt-,r h lied his boys, or
the judge locked up his torinentors.
The prohahililv is, that as this llilaria
religious to ‘lival, the pi .iiiks then
played were pr‘ 'lll‘j[I‘1I, as laii
it, or ahsolutely without prejudice, the
vicliius heing ohligotl to put a good face
on the sport as long as it lasted, and say
nothing about it Wll(’lI it was (H'(‘I'. f
thev did rovciige tlicinselve. can
l'2u
the next lst ol' April.
It is pretty generally agreed that this
Ronian to. ival ii the origin ofoiir All
Fools‘ I)aS', and i it he so, it is a satis-
faction to know we have the approval of
so many t-eiiliiries in our manner of
keeping the 1st of April. some old
writers, Iioweior, used to rittriluite the
origin of the eustoiii to another cause.
April is pi-ovt-,rliially an uncei iin
ii v it would he all the worse for them
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month as regards weatlier. One moment ,
it is hue, another raiiiiii ; the sini has‘
hardly hegun to shine w ieii the clouds
conic and hlacken the sky, and then as
suddeiily give way in their turn to the
sun again. And some peo ile have ima-
gins-ll that thc Iirst Apri fools wore
thi in such weather, went out
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a sliowcr < relI(‘.II(‘ll them to t 1:.‘ skin ; or
l:ini(‘nlcd the wretched downpour. and
am laugli(‘d
It ii iretty notion;
der ig that the ilayis kept in
1-‘.ii;:l.uid, India, Italy, Spain, and other
(‘.UlllllI'li‘S whose ll -it(‘ ' ' '
ours, it hardly seems a
tion of the matter.
It is as well to be reminded once in
the way that all uieii are fools. liven
the wisest of us know next to nothing;
and the ii s r we all iw, the more we
discover or our own folly
It is a healthy sign in
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likely explana-
human nature,
that during all tliese t‘8IlllIl‘lOS man has ,
been really to admit that he has sonic‘-
thing of the fool in hiiii: and the people
who would rofuse to permit the celchr:i-
Lion of Sll(‘lI :1 day as “All Fools‘ ll: . "
are the sort of people whom it would be
easiest, I fancy, to make April fools of.
’l‘liere are L dillcroiit kinds of
jokes which in dilfrreiit countries (‘har-
.n-.i<‘i 1.0 the (lllSl‘l‘VllIICO of the 1st of
)l‘ll.
In Iiidi:i, tho “Iluli festival" is kept
on that dalt‘ by the llindoos, when the
favorite innuseinent is to send people on‘
on falsi‘ or ands, or to keep false ap-
poiiilnuuils.
A lliindoo rm-eivcsiiinysterious ines-
wigt‘. " ' him to nu-oi :i ccrtaiii
).(l‘(‘.ll ]i(‘I‘.‘uIll:l)11‘ at sueli and such a plane,
on tho lstnl‘ April, He tr. vols mil s,
porlmps leagues, woiideriiig what thr‘
great man (‘an want with him. and liuild-
lug (‘:istl(‘siii the rol‘ all Iht‘ honors
:iiid prolit “'lIlI‘ll are in store. Alas! the
appointed place is deserted: no one is
ll(‘N‘: no one ever thought of heing
there. and the poor lliiidoo has his long
walk there and hack for nothing.
ion is as (Cd to carry a lent-r to a place
named a mile an ,whir‘h in‘ lines. of
coiirse hcing igiioraiil of its onniciils,
‘ ‘the inissivv to the per-
‘ll. 'l‘hi‘ laiio-r,
us the follow-
. vril,
lluni the ma 1, anollu‘i' inilv."
Coniprehoiid ig from thisthat there is
some fun al‘:-.ot, he puts on a grave face,
and infornis the iin-ssi-iig<-i' that ,il ii ill
he nee ‘
uiry lor Iiiin to lake the in-In on
to Mr. So-aiid-so (another lllll(‘ lurlln-r
on), who will doiil-iltnss he 2llllt‘liI;1lI'l‘
him an 2IllS“’t’l’[ii it. The patient ‘-gun k“
triirlges on. lnit Alr. So-and-so has the
S1llll(.‘I'L‘])lA as llll' other-he inusi iak , it
on yet another mile. So ln- gm -on. at
the end of (’.:l(‘ll llllll’ ht-ing sun! on one
niore, till afti-r few homsof it, hp he-
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neiglihors enihled at their doors to
see “the go“ - (‘Uni “
In Spain, tl ‘ have a somewhat
rougher kind of joke. All Fools‘ Ilay
in Lisbon is crlelirateii by the throwing
alioiit of flour and water. till folk who
conic‘ in for sin-h attentions look if
they had sleppi-d siraiglit out of a p:isI<--
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In Fraiioe, April fools are called
“prii's.w7ix (IL-li'rt'I" (April lish). and
thorn-, sonietiiiies, the practical joking
which goes on verges on a breacli of the
S.
'l‘ht‘rc is one story of agirl in P-i s,
who, on a certain April lst, took a lVlIl('ll
which did not h(‘long in her. living ar-
rested and hrouglit lit-lore a magistrate
for this ilelinqiieiioy, she explained that
it was only II lsl-ol-April joke.
" Ilave you ilu‘ “'lIl4‘lI in your posses-
sion T‘ asked his honor.
H No." rvplhul HIIO.
“1Hl‘iei‘r, go and soarcli this persrui‘s
roonis."
The officer went, and returned shorllv
with the watch, which he had found oil
the young ‘s niantlepio 1-.
“ Ilow . ‘7 asked his honor, look-
I denied having ii in
your 1‘
" Piirilon, monsu-ur! I only “‘lSlll2‘Ll to
make your IVIlll'l'l‘ an April lool.“
Wliort-iipoii tli r‘ magislrnlc recom-
mended her to remain in prison :'m a
year, until the next lstor April, when
she might come out again as an April
fool.
Aiiierica, of all lands, is tho ]ll:l('0
where the 1st of April is niost ohsvi-vi-d.
We conic down to hreakl‘:ist, and lo! the
r-,;,; we go to crack is an t-iiiptyont-. 'l‘ho
post hrings us letters which contain only
Iilauk paper. The hoys in the street
(‘all out “Ili." a d point 1' ‘llIil(‘.:lllV to
some prvteiidod danger. A friend rush-
es up with a <‘oiioerm‘d look.
“My dear fellow, tlit‘rt-‘s sonietliing
n voiir i'ar‘e.
. exclaini, thinking of
soniothing llIISt'(‘.IIllV.
' r nose, to-In ure,
friend, and vaiiislie. iddvnly.
I was very proud on <‘. when a school-
hoy of twelve, I sin-et-eilcd in making a
fool of u carnian. I w .' erched on the
top of :ui oninihus. which eainc to a
stand-still in Front Strot-t,jiist as a great
wagon was passing the other “. y.
“lli, earina !" I shouted. "look at
your wheel," pointing his froiit
wheel.
Ile pullcd u
replies our
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pin a socoiid, and junipcd
' il
d0“‘I‘l U7 PX lIllI(‘ “'ll: “'35 “‘l‘0llg.
After a leiigtliyst-i'iiliiiy, lit‘ looked up
IIII( said:
““'li:il.‘s the roiv with it '1
nothing wrong."
“ t was going round," I replied ; and
the poor carniaii was dreadi‘ully laughed
at liy evorybodv on the nnni'
nvever, I w s very n y made to
laugh on the wrong do of my month.
The mirinan seiwd his whip, and hogan
to mount the omnibus. I gave niysolf
up for lost, and half vowed never to
make any one an April fool again; but,
happily, the genilcn in sitting In-side
me inaiiaged to l>:l(‘I 3 wriitlifiil
cliiii-ioteer, who pro.s:‘iiily ave up his
ven mo, and aeiually l'(‘lllI"lI(3(l to his
van with a grin, nniuoring:
“ Dom‘ iin‘ brown th: thin‘. the young
iui 1!“
I've only one word more to say. Prac-
tiral joking is all very well if kept willi-
in ll(Illll(l?4. I Iliiiik most lioys know
what tliose hounds arc. Never let your
I don't see
‘jokes lvoooiiic unkind. hurtl'iil or dis-
'l‘his is not at all unlike the way they i
make April foolsin Scotland. “I'Iunt-
ing the govvk“ they (‘all it. A simple-
honorahli-: and to those who are the
vwtiinsol‘ Iiariiih-ss jokes I would saw,
as the best advice I (‘mild give,“1iriii
and hear it."
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