The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-05-23

wldeawake young
man on the First OF April.
No threadbare trick would do. He
was all eyes, and all his eyes were
open. There would be great glory in
dipping him! Hard 10 catch, none
laughed louder than he when he was
caught.
All sorts of traps were proposed
and rejected--a cotton-pie, cornmeal-
cake, salt for his coffee, sugar for his
potatoes-all were too old and famil-
lar.
But all agreed that it should relate
TO his eating, for he was noted for his
good appetite. Indeed, he boosted OF
it on all possible occasions.
Ithink it would surprise him more, f"
said one bright girl, "to get up some
thing really nice for him. That would
be the last thing he would be looking
out for from us You know we al
ways think anything for Bob Reed
must be for Joke. Even at Christ
mas-time he got n jumping-jack n
penny whistle and Bologny sausage.
while we worked days making nice
things for people we didn't like half
SO we'll :"
That's SOL We wouldn't have any
kind OF time ut all in this dull town
II il were not Tor Bob, with his wit and
kind heart"
And his horse and buggy"
"Yes, indeed; or his bronco rather.
Don't dignity that little creature with
the name OF horse. Dear me, girls!
Shall we ever forget when he bought
him?'
cor with what fortitude we waited
for him to be broken
cor how he rode him up and down
the street, and let him shake MIN off
over his head for our entertainments
They went back TO the question UNI
der consideration.
But how shall we get him up some
thing nice? IL mustn't be anything
nice to eat--he'd scent that n mile
away
ooh. | have IL" broke i'm the land
lords daughter. "Why didn't | think
OF that before? Why, his birthdays
on the First OF April! He says he has
good excuse for being n born fool.
Let's make him nice, great big
party
Capital"
"Just the thing"
There was general and enthusiastic
agreement, and il was arranged that
there should be a birthday present
which should be a real surprise.
Bob Reed was the hero ofthe village,
and he knew IL very well. Not that
he had ever rescued any one from fire
o. a watery grave, but he had rescued
many a picnic from failure, and many
another pleasant village enterprise
from collapse.
Hepretended TO be martyr to his
heroism, and TO rebel against hispopu-
larity when he was wanted for tab
leau, a. was not unfrequently the
case. Whether hisprotests were heart
felt or not, his services were always
TO be had.
Then, TO compensate himself, per-
haps. he made 80 much fun at the re-
hearsals by throwing In passages that
were not in the book OVERRIDING his
part, and making everybody laugh,
than the girls pretended TO be angry
with him for making necessary so
many rehearsals.
Once when they were practising n
pantomime, and he was wanted for
his part, he was nowhere to be found
Where could he have Disappeared
They had left him safely slowed in n
curtained corner OF the stage. They
were in the second story OF the tall
school-house, and there were no means
of escape.
They stood in wonder. One girl
mechanically looked out of th,
open window, the only possible exit
from that corner; and there he hung
his hands Rrasping the window-sill--
his only support He swung himself
up lightly, and promised not to do il
again.
lie was freight agent. express agent
telegraph operator and coal merchant
all in one, and he was not twenty-ont
years old yet; but he was going to be