Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-04-26

No use | sent YOU on TOOL errahu ~ :, - 80,
and it was but natural that you should seer ID
me back in my own com. Du' - nan 70
awake for you, entirely IL 'aAe'
catch me- .Lo for me now -
cold doctor Grimes will you please Oe se''0"''
and explain yourself. o;,,od :, letter from
| Last April year, you receiver lerI oau Of
Now YORK to the effect that if you woud can h az
certain place in Wall street d., ~"
something to your advantage
I did, replied the doctor
II called accordingly, and received informa'loh
which has proved to my advantage.
What :? Bunting looked surprised
The gentleman upon whom caiieu "a'
leading director in - Hospital, anu III se"1on u
u res;dent phvsican for that establishment. now
fill that post Ill ,ot oo,,ooo1 bic
s,,rnrise. in which something like disappointment
,raS blended. And you did not write a similar
Letter to me last April q he added.
| Il am above such trifng' replied the doctor, IN
tone that marked his real feelings on that sub
iect. "A man who could thus wantonly injure and
Insult another for mere sport must have something
had about him. | should not like to trust such an
one
Good morning DOCTOR replied Bunting. The
two gentlemen bowed formally and parted.
! If the doctor did not send the letter, from whom
could it have come This was the question that
Bunting asked himself Immediately, Moreover
the result of the doctors errand to New York
which had proved anything but FOOLS Grand
was something he could not understand
| | wonder if | hadnt better call on Wilde d Ly-
on ? said he to himself at length. Perhaps the
| letter was no trick after all
| Bunting held long argument, mentally on the
subject, in which all the pros and cons were fully
discussed. Finally, he decided to call at the place
referred in his letter. and did so Immediately on
reaching this decision STILL fearing that the let
ter might have been a hoax, he made some few
ulchases of articles for his store and then gave
his name.
Thomas Bunting ? said the person with whom
he was dealing DO you reside in the city,
Bunting mentioned his place of residence.
Did YOU never receive letter from this house
desiring to see you ??
L did replied Bunting, but as it was dated OF
the first of April, took it for the jest of some
merry friend
Very far from it, [ can assure you,' answered
the man. AN old gentleman arrived here from
England about that time, who said that brothe
and sister had come to this country many year
ago, and that he was in search of them thei
children. His name was Bunting. At his reques
we made several advertisements for his relatives
Y Some mentioned that gentleman named Thos
1 Bunting resided in the town where you live, AM
we Immediately dropped him note. But as n
answer came, it presumed the information wa
: incorrect.
e Where is he now q asked Bunting.
He is dead
d What dead?'
e 4eS.-A letter came, some weeks after we wrot
to you, from st. Louis, which proved to be fror
his sister and to that place he Immediately procee
20 ded. Soon after arriving there he died He le
in money about ten thousand dollars all of whic
d passed. by will, executed before he left this cit
for in his mind there was presentiment of deaf
II to his new found relative
a He was my uncle = said Bunting.
RS Then by not attending to our letter, you al
n the loser of at least half of the property
of left
a. Bunting went home in very sober mood of mine
IL His aunt and himself was not on very good term
ee In fact she was widow and poor and he had NJ
treated her with the kindness she had right
m expect. There was no likelihood, therefore, of MI
r king him partner in her good fortune.
he Bunting was the real April Fool after all, shar1
ge witted and wide awake as he thought himself H
It, chagrln and disappointment were great; so gre
&C. that it took all the spirit out of him for lor
he time and it is not presumed that he will attem
Is an "April Foo trick in the present year. of eve
ut the smallest pretensions.