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S nut flUt as ai N l It was unIt antI Tom was in hi undivided at attention could hot ii- ii riven to lo them hem until th l. l 01 after after'S S 'S t I lInt Hut ut at t 4 4 o'clock he hI run ran home 5 in hurry hurr and shut himself room r Tomorrow was Tomorrow Saturday was April AraNI first andS and hf must erfet tret t to Work rk on his fool Cool S Illan v r SH J 1 v I ft Tie n li whIp while hs hla face Carl d up Ut cT with will i J guLl and grasping his pen i- i J he Ito wrote three e not notes not of or Invitation to mony as friend to I ine in with hm him at 0 00 0 on Of the Oio following evening At t t the bottom bOllom f- f of or th the Invitations In he ho e wr wrote te this Un line I Bring along un any fool April Jokes joltes you ou S S may mar have haven In n mind Well We'll have hav a gay S evening of pr f t It t. t Also Ao I In the Invitations In 51 to he begged the Invited to s n ay nothing to a any y person about l OUt the dinner party part 5 a bo did not hot wish the toe guests to know t f Who was a to be he pl present Thus ti was wiri each g 1 guest gnat t bound Jouna to lo S J. J These sl notes ot'S N were vele rc folded and put puti i r 5 5 5 5 jf- jf S Into s. one to i hJ d if 11 Fl and the th t 1 S tJ S rF h hn hJ ih jI P lie lie- nv nl n II nw III r. r lau h hI I i. i It I st J Then Tom roan l' l i anto to Ih Ui I. I lie he 1 heM held n a x i l rl r o I the housemaid Suro hu Tom Jl's help you out Dut Sartin an sure ure it wll v 11 b br- br Nan y that'll II ring bring cm m m In an play th hal r- r You 10 ale nie a In tail l. l Muster I r Tom TIn an Ill I'll only Olly IK IS' that pi oud to a assist you in I him thim l kids who next to your OUr own self I Il likes is beU rn a any American kids J know Sure Sun 1 I am of that c TomAn TomAn Tom An sure you YOli may be that Money Tool Took wont won't von t make n a mess mess' of her S er rt lp 0 of- of It nother nather i Thanking her generously neTo ws for bet hI kind I promise of help Tom ran roan In In- to toI his his- mothers mother's call Why Vh Tommy d dear deal dont don't you yon know we QI are going going- o out t to your I grandmothers grandmother's in u n time lIm for supper and lInt heN It It 19 9 efter nt 3 o'clock Come Com run I and dress quickly S The carriage willbe will willbe be at nt th the gab crat In 10 minutes l I We Ve ar are going oln to 0 stay out at grandma O over ovet I Sunday aint W we Tom roum asked d. d ea 03 gerly erh Wh Why of course that's bin barn our our plan nil all w week ek replied relIt d h his hs moth mother Then a at nf Tom ran up UI the stairs the gool lady said ath to hS h.'S herself If I suspect the chile doesn't relish the idea Idro of oC ng AI Apr Apri rl I Fools Fools' day out In the country but 1 I hn ha not hot of thought or of that t. t wh n we moth mother r we Wl would IQ nay ay hi 1 lifer r this vl visit dt I However it t Ix is a silly UI om thin play plo S F ins ins- foolish Jokes kes on the first first of April I II I Im I'm glad clad Tommy not LUke any I in such sOch S SS S And adl the time upi up opt i stairs lie he w was i lite siar th t tl they ii tIit Um 5 it Ii ife lif i aua Air usi n at th r the tite neatly written Invitations sent them ia b- b Tom om on th the i evening cU this hay hav Well ei its it's a new net in Ins a 0 dinner on 00 April AriI first remarked I j Cia GraHe ho ili halt had r rail rad ail hei hIlI it its it's s 's o Lull 1 a r idi-a. idi I thon i we are arc to o spring our U I j jukes s l d r jh nr I which be a p world oC of fun VII Mr Tom Lm look out nr you being the host will tIl pr p v tbt ii get t.-n-get f each guest and andr r ill i'll b In- In n fn of dl r so man many times that you'll b be in iii danger of- of your wits I S Then putting on her J hat and jacl Mt G Oracle went to see et her chum chuh Flo Plo to toi i ii i F i put put out a eeler feeler as 8 eXP expressed II It to lO l learn c rn whether not Flo Flon n i niso invited Ot Of cOUI ri Gi dif did not mean to say a word th the theS S timing corning dinner for v s B too 10 honorS honor honor- S I bl to betray a ec 1 to 1 hc- hc her keeping but but one could hint him himi i i without gu Yu Ku in ow w. w AId Aud then thel Flos Flo's face foce wad T such an n ope open book that thal you ou cn could ld I rea J J her el m tl mii-tl I n l t from froni It tt k I I S But Dut on this g. g FI Flos Flo's s 's face fo proved to lo b bo be more of nf a pu l In tin vain Grade beat about the b buAh buh h 5 but bul t she i-he h got go-f no Information from PIo Flo PIoS S and in vain did I Flo lO ask tEa lead ing aU Questions Ques gue ions of C truie she If learned nothing nothingS of that thul little HUh mines mines' filan fu for 10 thai S evening S And Antl lh then n It s w u l each full understood understood un un- un- un h how w U U the other was vas rot rOl fa h u perfectly all ill all about the secret e l t ti y had in common commo ant h they tried Tied to conceal from each other s S After an on hour call on n Flo Fio Gr Groele look hel leave Aind aboul should he he s S 5 S j 5 5 S S S t S SS S I f. f MS M'S M 4 I i i S S 1 TT mc meet meo t on un her eith b but t August Cristy AI August U doffed h cup anti and stopped to u n I nt it ar I il dA orf lI j hatfill rl r ru u h oX J nOlo h ill i l JP eQ tr I 1 In n tt T r IH 11 u I O l Oleo eo I. I I in tl r ch rac facts faces s that 1 bott otil beat bo be boat at fit th thC April fool dinner dinnet that even even- lug Ing or Of Course CoUIse therell there'll be a jol joke e about t hp he d dinner itt l- l soliloquized iiO A u August u t. t a aIH as ashe IH he lit went vent on lOW TOWO the street street t. t bent on hunting a victim ro for 1 of hi his Hut But ButI I J t tast a 1 or 1 of nf fond f seen SPI cry tf other o guest u t try by it f lust first L I 1 would give hp a p though h. in to v o just jus what To Tn n t Ill III do o at the dinner this wI evening If It ItI It w were rc not hot I hat that I am io to see soo I Id I'd fool him by away aray But S Im I'm too fond of fUn t rt miss anything of Ir the th kind Well Vell 11 1 sure thi dinner dinnI will be bp c fou Toms rot mother moUlt will see soe tb Lb that Sl G ft the tte cort COIt of or mother mothe that will n 11 jokes joks being very simple f and played played like e like cames me games after atter after th the 1 1111 till full of or afine n fi line fine meal Gee Ge Im I'm getting hungry now no as I think third of a. at I they always s hav K sM ome m things to cat eat there Then toeing a comrade down clown the I street on whom h wished he-wished to play a n August furgoL all about the dinner anti and his 1 tc anti and rat ran off ocr offa a t t full fun tilt after lii Sto l to-be to victim That Thal evening precisely f at ul 81 sI ty Grade GlUch tang rang the d orbell al nt Toms Tom's homey home and an un Instant later hater I w wars Q in invited t lj-t- in II ii by b the Nancy an y tho ho was resplendent ta 1 Trilled Cl cap cap- I aud starchy starch white il Just Jm t put your you hat hal and Jacket her here In Sn the hall hail Miss I ald eald Nancy luit iD vou t ti o chair in in the tp quite rady to coma flown n s 1 i iI I Ob I I 1 must ll p I S G cl epping oppIng Ha t j f S 1 l lJ S L r 5 S 5 5 i 5 rf S I 7 11 1 F S. S 1 A F n pi P. P r H l nut But In bJ rv l' l hc doorbell gave an- an p tl l nn Nancy U. Cd Fin Ib- Ib 1 t 11 ca t ll h fO 14 ti t tr f it r H 11 J Jt t t iU tn W tuo-W If t. t th 1 1 r U t tr l 1 I had ta fu led fa led to put tIL In In III hi his I ho he door nor b boil bell 11 again gaill ga ll rang and Nanc d t August As A he entered ti tl the theS S parlor Oracle Grade greeted him him with Well on aren't arent nt YOU vou crowding Jow th the season ason AulI Au- Au I gust lI t should not 1111 come emt i in n it April AprI pr I. I i an fool April on n you OU I I August t. t lIu laughing lint But I 1 Fn my where re 11 Ie all the tite I I- I loii Si 9 ht t II il i tO in I Fid Pi Fl v IL J 0 r 5 a 7 i iI I I I I S k I OH Os the Rival nt dining table uI o the Ito cr joti II Ie of oJ the tite c la lay a n. n i l h I c skull I. I The answer r is is wait wait anti and see mee co Yes t s. s I and ami Im I'm thinking well we'll se sC sec a n great Clent iol joke lok too remarked ed Augus What hat else Iso car cai can b be detaining Tom Ton upstairs For Foi a penny enn Id I'd make maJu a raid on him himI I I Reserve your our august countenance nee I It t till III it is wonted wanted by the host said Oracle innocently S No 0 puns here here even even If iC it it is April first said AU August throwing up his ha hands hailds ds in mock horror all Joke Jole but hut spare span us ua the pun I lint Hut Just l at al 1 who had nid been beep busy buS at the phone in the library Upstairs came cal to the tho r to tay that dinner t was that she SIte was lS bidden n to md them tt LI tb the dining timing s sI sTile I j Tile The three looking at nt each other oilier lh 1 with suspicion in their eyes Cc down clown tho hall behind Nancy Nunc who hI throw fhe the room door open bade ba e them enter S As Ag they th stepped Into litto the they were 10 somewhat 8 surprised cd to tu co co It was dimly l lighted ht d lt 11 by n. n tiny In can candle lo loI I which wan placed in the farthest t cot cor- the On r at dining which lame which occupied the tho c tH l' l of or the ther thet t room room- there th re rc lay lai a fi huge anil m r noth J. t f i F tl j I. 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