| Show WHO WAS APRIL FOOLED A letter for you miss ivy grover turned round on her plane piano stool and as she took the note and at the superscription her face wore a puzzled expression opening it she read no IN jackson st rochester april 1 my dear miss grover I 1 scarcely scarce at know how I 1 dare address you aid yet I 1 feel that I 1 must know my fate I 1 write to ask you the question that trembles on the lips of every lover and makes hlin him dumb before his bis idol may I 1 can call you mine forever trusting you will favor me with a speedy reply I 1 am yours devotedly LEL LELAND ND WHITE HITE the note fluttered unheeded to the floor as with clasped hands ivy sat in a deep study she was unable to analyze a hw her own feelings that le I 1 alid ite who had called quite frequently during the past winter and who had been her escort upon a s taw few occasions had actually asked her to marry him was waa almost beyond her comprehension or bellef belief rousing herself with an effort she sought the solitude of her own room roem whilst she should battle with this first serious que question silba of life which had come to her hello this exclaimed le land white that afternoon as from a pile of busi business letters thrown upon the desk in his fathers bank he extracted a feminine looking missive addressed to himself curiosity Curio eity caused him to brush b rus h the others aside while he opened and aad read the following no 65 park place rochester april 1 dear mr white your manly letter of today was a great surprise to me as so far as I 1 have observed you have manifested I 1 nothing but the interest of a friend in rae me I 1 have however such a deep respect for you that I 1 have no fears of anything but happiness with you therefore I 1 do not hesitate to accept the honor you confer upon me by choosing me as an your companion IVY GROVER lelands delands Le lands face was a study such as would have delighted the soul of an artist when he had finished reading he exclaimed impatiently what the deuce can be the meaning of this glancing again at the letter itter he be noticed hotl ced the date april lot hem a practical joke played by some one but how the question has she received the joke letter and is in this her reply or is this sll all there to is to it how I 1 wish I 1 knew her writing if she did not write it some other lady didi did certain this is in no mans hand nor imitation either now how ow of it I 1 like miss ivy well enough but ats as to proposing I 1 certainly had bad not of that confound practical jowl any anyway wiLy 1 I dont want the girl to a suar through it how I 1 wish I 1 whether this were genuine or not it if I 1 had written and this were her reply I 1 should call this evening with a riba and a bouquet she certainly www W expect me but if she knew nothing lit it that would be rather awk what shall I 1 do I 1 know ill eaarl I 1 can surely tell by the way she ahe receives me what she knows about ft or I 1 suppose I 1 can the bouquet ou do no harm and the ring can watt after all I 1 dont know of any one alpe I 1 want and as father was saying ae other day I 1 really should be t about getting married I 1 have 5 attention to no one else since mp myrtle turn from europe yes yea I 1 shall baik here his reverie was interrupted J he was kept busy the remainder of be day i 1 I wonder if he will come tonight he surely will murmured ivy ag A set alone that evening in the room she wore a very becoming beco mingIe foU blue silk which leland had her heart beat painfully and sho eft perien ced peculiar sensations A ring at the door caused her to start blush and tremble a moment later the maid opened the door maying another letter for you mabb ivy seized it eagerly yes yea eho thought it is his writing 1 tr it open with trembling fingel ibe gh read the words april pool fool I 1 she stood for a moment as if paralyzed then the girl realized for tte the first time that it was the first day f april and that she had been made miLd the subject of a joke with this reas hise tion came the thought that mr vete had not written the letter chytIA brought such happiness hap to her aua which she now drew from her beam and orum crumpled pled in her hands with t tike other one but he will get mine he will get mine and oh what will he she ahe wailed in her distress dis tresa she ahe if to te notice another ring of the d bell nor was she aware of the 1 I ing of the door until the malel me ounces mr white he be awn with both hands extended extend td atut stood atall till coveting covering her har flae wl ft hands he gently drew hp away asking tewa erly take what is the meant of thia is just what I 1 should like to 1 now let us clear this m mystery i 70 your ur letter made me md 1 perfectly 1 and I 1 expected to be met with instead of tears but it waa OM C ruel cruel joke j how do you know this ald me and she handed him the paw bearing the words april pomia A when did you get this he sternly just before you came 1 I thought so I 1 wish I 1 had been a few moments sooner but ivy toab W foolish joke need not make any alq for us if will but be sensible but you did not write the letter I 1 received this morning 1 I knew all about it however sod and if I 1 did not write this taking ae cru crumpled meled letter from her my be hext has asked this question and now not my io lips ask it ivy will you be miti 11 1 1 shall not take a different answer fown ft the one I 1 received today but ivy I 1 want to hear your lips give t chat answer 1 I feel as if you were asking askine thim just J because I 1 made a fool of i indeed I 1 am not I 1 should rare 1 asked you myself had not nat aw i else done it for me I 1 shot should had the be courage to ak tt ifko ft won oon perhaps that W ah 4 a tool fool of yours yourself ei einmo eted some one else to make of me so what is the differ e D it does not matter now as you mine iodine 7 leland iceland L was bidding ivy good food vl at a after having persuaded her to h e date for their wedding he roguishly who was april booted yoo ted MISTLETOE |
